Emilie Trahan: Improv Quilting: Quilt as You Grow

Emilie will share her personal quilting journey and creative process and will discuss how improvisation can be implemented in our quilts.

Emilie lives in Quebec and is a French Canadian modern quilter by night, and a palliative care physician by day. Her work is centered around improvisation and she is passionate about curves and colors.

She started quilting in 2013, during her medical residency years. This gave her the opportunity to balance her work / studies with some manual and creative projects.  She had a sewing machine, a bunch of old clothes and fabrics, and her interest was sparked after finding a quilt and a note addressed to her by her grandma, when emptying her house after her sudden death.  

 So many things about quilting convey love; the warmth, softness, time, patience, and the unique nature of each piece of work. All the elements were there to push her…