Add a buzz with Pat Bruderer's Bee Resilient Poplin fabric. Featuring a subtle tone-on-tone Indigenous print of a linear bee and flower motif in stunning turquoise. Done in the traditional Cree birch bark biting style, this print has a uniquely organic look. Bee-lieve in your sewing skills and choose this unique fabric!

About the Designer: Pat Bruderer (Halfmoon Woman) is originally from Churchill, Manitoba and spent most of her life in northern Manitoba. She now resides in the Kootenay area British Columbia. Pat is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan and she is a self-taught birch bark biting artist who has been practicing for over twenty years. 

Birch bark biting is done by biting onto a very thin layer of birch bark to create a beautiful image using the artists’ teeth. It was practiced by most First Nations people across Turtle Island (Canada). Traditionally, it was used for recording stories, and as a template for quill work, beadwork, and embroidery patterns. Pat goes through thirteen stages in order to complete a finished piece. She uses the elements of earth, water, wind, and fire in every piece of her work.

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