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Biography
Heather Lair was born in Prince Edward Island. She grew up in the Maritime provinces and moved to Gimli Manitoba with her husband in 1987 where she raised two children.
For the past 30 years she has been a full time quilter. Her first love is traditional quilts and she has studied and taught the variations in styles, colours, and techniques used by quilters and needle workers throughout the world. This experience has made executing commissions possible, and she has made an 1825 Metis dog blanket for the Hudson Bay Collection at the Manitoba Museum and an embroidered linen runner for Parks Canada in Dawson City, Yukon. Many of her quilts can be seen on television shows and on movie sets (Maneater, Stone Angel, Chilled in Miami & Make it Happen to name a few). Her quilts grace the walls and beds of homes and public buildings from Manitoba to Japan, Iceland and South Africa.
For the past number of years Heather has been using these traditional techniques to make art quilts and landscape quilts. She will paint the fabric for the sky, and incorporate all sorts of fabrics like silk, linen, organza, twills and drapery to give the work depth and texture. All of her work is hand qulted, hand applique and each piece is individually designed. Like other quilters, Heather is continually experimenting with colour and has studied how colour, shape and form have been used by other artists through time and has incorporated this into her work.
She has been awarded the Manitoba Arts Council Crafts Grant and has had art quilts juried into National and International shows.
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Movie Industry Commissions.
2007 ‘Chilled in Miami’ - Original quilt.
2007 ‘Make it Happen’ - Adapted vintage quilt.
2006 ‘The Stone Angel’ - Two identical bed size quilts.
2006 ‘Maneater’ - Rented quilts from my collection for set dressing.
2002 ‘Quest for the Bay’ – Period leather bound journals.
2004 ‘Klondike Quest’ – Period cloth bound journals.
2000 ‘Pioneer Quest’ – On screen teaching -quilting and bread making.
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Publications & Articles
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Commissions.
-Reproduction Métis 1825 Dog Blanket for Hudson Bay Collection of Manitoba Museum.
-Reproduction Embroidered 1920’s Linen Table Runners for the Commissioners Residence, Parks Canada, Dawson City, Yukon.
-Individual commissions hang in public buildings and private collections around the globe, including: Hong Kong, Iceland, Wales, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Australia, USA, and of course Canada.
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Teachings
2005~7 Art Smart Teacher, Gimli High School, Gimli, Mb.
2006~7 Fabric Landscape Classes, Grades 5,6 & 7, Gimli Middle Years School
1997~2008 Regular ongoing quilting classes at local Quilting stores, Quilting retreats, and at my studio.
1997 Lower Fort Gary, Parks Canada Site, Selkirk, Mb.
Traditional Historic Embroidery.
1996~8 Riel House, Parks Canada Site, Winnipeg, Mb.
Traditional Historic Embroidery.
1995~6 Gilbert Park, Winnipeg, Mb. Quilting, Design, Embroidery.
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Professional Development
• 2009 Awarded travel grant from Manitoba Artists Council, to attend watercolour workshop in Nova Scotia.
• 2006 Awarded travel grant from MAC to attend National Quilters Conference in Ottawa, Ont.
• 2004 Awarded MAC Crafts Grant.
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Volunteer and Community Involvement.
2005~7 Quilters Coordinator, Gimli New Horizons, 55 Plus, Gimli, Mb.
2000~2004 Pioneer Quilting with grade 2, Gimli Early Years School.
2006~2008 Huldofolk Moms, Gimli, Mb.
2004 ‘Super Volunteer’ Quilt Canada, Winnipeg, Mb.
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Memberships.
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Canadian Quilters Association
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Links
- Handbag Designer 101 > Link
- Fibra Artysta - Lynn Krawczyk
- Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative > Link
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