Gabrielle has been our Creative Director since January 2016.
MQG: How long have you been quilting?
I have been quilting for 7 years, I started by making a baby quilt for my best friends first child.
I have a Janome Horizon which is great for quilting large quilts! I just bought a smaller Pfaff Passport which is lightweight for taking to sew-ins, and has a built in walking foot.
MQG: Do you press seams open or to the side?
I press to the side, unless it helps a block lay flat. I press my backings open.
MQG: Do you pre-wash your fabric?
I don't prewash, but I do sometimes find stuff in my stash that I washed when I started, so I use a mix. I do try to remember to test suspicious fabrics and I always prewash flannel backings.
MQG: Where’s your hometown?
I am from the Island, I was raised on the Saanich Penninsula
MQG: What’s your day job, or are you retired?
I work as a Medical Microbiology Technologist for the hospital, and I now work in a special area that focusses on TB and Fungal cultures. Really nerdy stuff :)
MQG: Show us the last quilt you finished!
MQG: What type of machine[s] do you have?
MQG: Do you press seams open or to the side?
I press to the side, unless it helps a block lay flat. I press my backings open.
MQG: Do you pre-wash your fabric?
I don't prewash, but I do sometimes find stuff in my stash that I washed when I started, so I use a mix. I do try to remember to test suspicious fabrics and I always prewash flannel backings.
MQG: What is your favourite colour? or colour combination?
I seem to have a real fondness for aqua, I have so many in my stash! I love aqua and orange together. I am a big fan of rainbow. MQG: Where’s your hometown?
I am from the Island, I was raised on the Saanich Penninsula
MQG: What’s your day job, or are you retired?
I work as a Medical Microbiology Technologist for the hospital, and I now work in a special area that focusses on TB and Fungal cultures. Really nerdy stuff :)
MQG: Show us the last quilt you finished!
My last completed quilt was my Zion Narrows quilt.
MQG: What are you working on now?
I am always working on the Technicolor Galaxy quilt-as-you-go project
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| This picture is from one year ago. |
MQG: What quilt is on your bucket list?
I have always wanted to make a Pickle Dish Quilt! I am learning to love curved piecing and I think this would be an amazing candidate for my love of all the colours of the rainbow smashed together, combined with improv wedge and curve techniques!
I have always wanted to make a Pickle Dish Quilt! I am learning to love curved piecing and I think this would be an amazing candidate for my love of all the colours of the rainbow smashed together, combined with improv wedge and curve techniques!
MQG: Favourite fabrics/designers?
I love Heather Ross, Tula Pink, Suzuko Koseki, Yoshiko Jinzenji and Kumiko Fujita.
I love Heather Ross, Tula Pink, Suzuko Koseki, Yoshiko Jinzenji and Kumiko Fujita.
MQG: Tell us something quirky about yourself! Or tell a funny story!
I studied Marine Biology when I was younger and have a very special fondness for Cephalopods (I have a giant self painted Octopus portrait in my dining room!)
Thank you Gabrielle for introducing yourself, and for volunteering for the guild!
Dear Gabrielle, Your Zion narrows quilt is amazing! I have b ceen there and you have captured it in a thoroughly modern way. I wished I had been at the meeting to see it! Tracy
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