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Sharon
McFall, Hastings Lake
Sharon McFall has two intertwined careers. As a social service advisor, she uses quilts as a metaphor for practical creativity in the non-profit sector. As a professional quilt-maker, she produces unique commemorative quilts for clients across Canada and in the US. Her studio is located in a historic barn on the edge of a wilderness lake. |
"A Woman's Place?"
Cotton, recycled materials, wool and silk, machine embroidery, wax crayon
162 cm (65 in)
As few as 100 Alberta places have been named for, or by, women … in a province named for Princess Louise Alberta … many women's place names have disappeared … there are stories waiting to be re-told in multiple layers of material, reference, memory and visual detail … this is a traditional quilt, made to be snuggled in … and to recall …
$1000 CDN