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The Member-Supported Online Magazine for Canadian Fibre and Textile Arts, Crafts & Industry

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Feature articles explore topics ranging from where Canadian yarn comes from to what happens to a quilt when we discard it to how we can make sure the clothes we make fit us well, no matter our measurements.

Digits & Threads is exclusively about Canadian art and craft.
Indigenous communities hold vast fibre- and textile knowledge and have rich traditions of craft, art and stewardship; we work to establish and nurture relationships with Indigenous makers and writers.

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The Secret Codes: African Nova Scotian Quilts

The Secret Codes: African Nova Scotian Quilts

This in-depth tour of “The Secret Codes: African Nova Scotian Quilts” exhibit at the Textile Museum of Canada introduces readers to the work of Black Nova Scotian quilters, and explores some of the history and controversy surrounding the exhibit.

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Quilts: Made in Canada

Quilts: Made in Canada

What can quilts tell us about being human? Join D&T editor Michelle Woodvine and Royal Ontario Museum Curator Arlene Gehmacher on a tour of the recent ROM exhibit, “Quilts: Made in Canada,” and explore themes like family, community, creativity, and activism through the lens of more than twenty rarely seen quilts from the ROM’s collections.

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Adventures in Textile Conservation

Adventures in Textile Conservation

Follow along as Dr. Michele Hardy, curator at Calgary’s Nickle Gallery, and her team of experts tackle the cleaning of a “domestic textile” from Eastern Anatolia. An accompanying video captures the process.

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