For Atkins, sewing beads onto quilts “is a great deal more than just embellishment.” A former sculptor, Atkins paints with beads, using the fabric as his canvas; he balances bead with fabric by giving ...
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — There’s a common thread that binds together three women from Hot Springs Village: their love of making art quilts. Darlene Garstecki, Michelle Jones and Ruth Anne Yax have art ...
Beading, painting, and healing characterize the creation of a quilt being made to honour the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The Ontario Native Women's Association in Thunder Bay, ...