Join MOCA and textile artist Carolanne Graham for an intimate introductory workshop to quilting and natural dyeing practices on Saturday, June 21.
Carve out some time to focus, experiment and create. Compositions will sharpen your intuitive maker’s mind and spark your imagination. Explore your problem solving skills by hand-stitching a unique piece that you can take home with you. Around the table with fellow curious makers, you’ll learn handwork techniques and find a part of yourself through the process of making.
Registration is required for this programme. Space is limited—book early to reserve your spot.
Available Sessions | Saturday, June 21
Session 1: 10 am–1 pm
Session 2: 2–5 pm
About the Artist
Carolanne Graham is a sewer of quilts and a baker of pies. In both pursuits, she sweats the details and the process to make a final product that is full of substance and skill and love.
She started quilting in 1997 as an act of resistance. Resistance to her long commute, to her unfulfilling job, to a bad relationship. And resistance against fast fashion and our disconnection from the people and processes that make the things in our homes and our lives. Because that process is what it’s all about.
There are so many ways to speed up a quilt, but for Graham, time and care spent making is never wasted.
Her people are makers too. Her mother is a knitter, and her grandparents include a baker, a carpenter, and even a manufacturer of sewing machines. Graham’s quilts are handmade in Toronto, where she lives with her husband Darcy and their one year-old daughter Faye.
