Andrea Tsang Jackson is a textile artist and designer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She began sewing as a new mom, and parlayed her past experience in the architecture world into her quilt designs, where she explores her love of geometry, material, and place. In 2017, Andrea was the artist-in-residence at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Her quilt, The Here and Elsewhere Bee, compiles nearly 1,200 immigration stories and assembles them into a 114″ x 108″ quilt. The project is a collaborative effort, with each of the almost 1200 blocks having been completed by a museum visitor, representing a bit of each visitor’s immigration narrative. Andrea is also a pattern designer, and her patterns can be purchased in her Etsy shop. In 2016, Andrea was the recipient of the Etsy Award for New Talent Canada, and she has been featured in Uppercase Magazine as well as on the Modern Sewciety podcast. Andrea’s The Here and Elsewhere Bee quilt hangs at QuiltCon this week in Pasadena and won 1st Place in the Group or Bee Quilt category! Congratulations and welcome, Andrea! How would you describe your quilting style/aesthetic? Andrea: Modern, flexible, contextualized. I can’t say that I have found a […]
