Cold Canadians - This quilt was in a special exhibition at the Patchwork Expo in Lyon France
2006. The theme "Culture of my Country" was to give the artist the
opportunity to showcase her country's particular character. I wanted to
avoid the obvious like Mounties and beavers, so focused on the inevitable
subject of cold Canadian winters. It took centuries for European colonizers
to finally believe what our native Inuit people knew all along....that is,
that the parka is the ideal garment for our frigid winters. I paid homage to
Inuit art by quilting in some well known symbols of their culture such as
migrating cariboo, snowy owl, Canada geese and salmon. Recycled velvets and
rayon were perfect fabrics for the dense trapunto-like quilting.
