Category Archives: Profiles: Artist, Designers & Celebs

This list is instructors, teachers & celebrities.

The ‘Storie’ of Needlework

Carol Storie at Creativ Festival

Let Me Tell You a Great ‘Storie’… Carol Storie creates and teaches designs in many techniques of counted thread including Read More →

Sue Firkser: Fibre Artist Profile

Sue Firkser at Creativ Festival

Sue Firsker Paints with Fibres… “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments Read More →

Connie Axford – Inspired by Icelandic Sweaters

Creativ Festival, Knitting Artist

What is Thrum Knitting? Connie Axford’s love of knitting started in University. She coveted the gorgeous Icelandic sweaters that everyone Read More →

Drumming up More Stitches with Kathryn Drummond

Creativ Festival, Kathryn Drummond

Kathryn is Drumming Up Stitches! Kathryn Drummond was raised in a needle-working family, with grandmothers who quilted, knitted, crocheted, tatted Read More →

Mary Elizabeth Kinch Breaks the Rules of Quilting

Zen of Precision

Foundation and Precision Hand Piecing Fundamentals! Mary Elizabeth Kinch, author of ‘Small Pieces, Spectacular Quilts’ and ‘Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts’, Read More →

Linda Lundstrom: A Canadian Fashion Icon

Linda Lundstrom, Creativ Festival

Candian Fashion Icon… “My greatest gift is in my hands”, explains Linda as she holds her golden-handled scissors to carefully Read More →

Barry Klein: Amoung the Top 10 Most Influential Men

Barry Klein, Creativ Festival

 Letting the Yarn do the Work! Barry Klein, owner of Trendsetter Yarns, has been recognized as one of the top Read More →