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February 08, 2023
Countering today’s fast-fashion by reimagining grandma’s handmade quilt is the focus of a project being undertaken by Selkirk College artist-in-residence Sophie Slater. An alumna of the Textile Arts Program and owner of Mother Snake clothing, Slater has spent the last six weeks transforming a decade’s old quilt collection into stunning coats. The talented artist revealed the final results at a community talk at the Bear & Sturgeon last week. “It has a nostalgia to it,” Slater explains. “There are some stats showing that all the clothing we could ever need is already existing in the world and