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last updated:
02/16/2011
Thank you to our wonderful instructors that
are the very essence of MAQ. Without them we would be just hanging out
all weekend. Be sure to get to know your instructor better!
Instructors are Listed By Last Name
B | D | E
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J | K | M |
P | S | U | W
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Carol Blevins
Red Lion, PA |
Carol teaches all aspects of
quiltmaking with special emphasis on color, machine quilting,
design, and special details. “A quilt is much more than just a warm
fuzzy. It’s challenge and innovation. It’s taking a mistake and
turning a near disaster into a new and creative possibility. It’s
learning about me, and growing, and being all I can be. And teaching
others about quiltmaking has brought such joy for through it I have
met so many beautiful people. This has been a wonderful journey, and
I can’t wait to see what’s around the bend!”
Carol has a B.S. in Home Economics Extension from
Penn State University. The years following college were devoted to
marriage and a family—two daughters and two sons. She was active in
church teaching, directing choirs, developing banners, and
organizing the York County Holly trail of Churches for 16 years.
Early in the 1980’s Carol had an opportunity to teach quilting in a
local shop. Through a crash course from library books and a good
text, she was on her way. Carol teaches in numerous quilt shops and
travels far and wide presenting workshops and lectures. She uses her
expertise to judge, as well, and takes classes from other experts as
time permits. Her quilts have been honored at many shows and she has
received Best of Show, Judge’s Choices, and Viewer’s Choice awards.
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Diane
Daniels
Harvard, MA |
Diane Daniel’s PASSION is
EVERYTHING WOOL! She is proficient in teaching Traditional Rug
Hooking, Penny Rugs or Wool Appliqué, Pincushions or Make-Do’s,
Needle Felting and Dyeing Wool Fabric. Her greatest achievement as a
teacher is “bringing everything down to a very basic and
approachable level” for her students so it removes any intimidation.
She brings 20 years of experience and her ability to demonstrate
“tips & tricks” so the students really learn how to improve on their
stitching & hooking techniques, etc. Diane was born & raised
in southern California and comes from a long line of Italian
seamstresses who migrated to the US from Sicily.
About 22 years ago she lived in New England
while her husband was finishing his post doctorate studies. After
completion of his studies, they found themselves back in CA but she
dreamed about returning some day. Recently that dream came true and
she now resides in Harvard, MA with her husband of 23 years, 4 cats
& a bird. For the past 13 years, Diane taught a wide variety
of classes in California and now currently here in MA. Some of her
passions are: rug hooking, making pincushions & make-do’s, penny
rugs, and needle felting; pretty much anything involving wool!
She is a passionate wool dyer and has provided
custom dyed wool to shops & students alike. Her passion started back
in college where she learned painting in water color, oils &
acrylics as Fine Arts major. After college she explored basking
weaving, off-loom weaving, and spinning. She began dyeing many of
her own fibers with natural dyes. She was hooked on “textures &
colors”! The colors that change seasonally and the wild life
that abounds serves as a constant inspiration for the hand-dyed
woolens she creates currently.
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Patty
Estey
Gaithersburg, MD |
I have been doing needle arts
pretty much all my life. My grandmother taught me to needlepoint at
8, my mother taught me to sew at 9 and my grandmothers-in-law taught
me to quilt in the early 70’s, when quilting was pretty much done by
hand and quilting tools were a 12” ruler, a pair of scissors, a
pencil and a hand-made cardboard template. When my daughters were
growing up I focused on knitting and making our clothes. I
went back to quilting in the early 90’s and much to my surprise
found quilting had really changed. I bought a Bernina sewing machine
and started embellishing with metallic threads. I love bling. At the
2001 Houston Quilt Festival I took my first beading class and
discovered the embellishments section of the vendor mall. Beading
was a fabulous way to add sparkle to my art quilts. I took many more
classes since then and have become a serious bead collector. I am
hooked on beading.
Although currently residing in Gaithersburg,
MD, I have lived in many places around the United States including
Colorado, Alaska, and New Orleans. Each of these places provided
unique experiences that enhanced my work, and in all these places I
have always enjoyed sharing my knowledge of the needle arts, both
informally and through small group classes.
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Gyleen X. Fitzgerald
Churchville, MD
www.ColourfulStitches.com |
Fitzgerald was born in
Philadelphia, PA but grew up in Taiwan and Japan and now calls
Maryland her home. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in
Chemical Engineering at Drexel University.
Her quilts blend color, pattern and texture to
provide a contemporary essence to traditional quilting. Her written
works center around Haiku poetry, quilt patterns and magazine
articles and of course the crème de la crème, children’s books. The
Dream: A Magical Journey in Colourful Stitches is her first
children’s book and it brings together the written word with the
visceral comfort of quilts. Her most recent book, Quilts:
Unfinished Stories with New Endings inspires quilters to transform
orphan quilt tops and blocks to contemporary finished quilts of
today. As an artist she has achieved “Best Show” recognition; as a
writer, her journey is just beginning.
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Paula
Golden
Blacksburg, VA
www.paulagolden.com |
Born in southern California,
Paula grew up in Germany when her father took a teaching position
overseas. “Using fiber as a creative means to communicate is
intrinsic to my very being. It links me to the continuum of men and
women who have stitched their lives in fiber to provide warmth and
nourishment for the body and soul.” Her passion for the stories
behind the quilts is a leading theme in her work.
Selected as “2001 Teacher of the Year” by The
Professional Quilter Magazine, Paula has been quilting since the
early 1970s and teaching for over twenty years including the
International Quilt Festival, Houston and the Remarkable Symposium,
New Zealand. Her quilts, patterns and articles have been published
in magazines and books.
Paula is president of the Board of Directors,
Virginia Quilt Museum and co-author of the book, “Quilts of
Virginia: Birth of America through the Eye of a Needle. Her quilts
are featured in the collections of the Bethesda National Naval
Medical Center's Fisher House, the Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes
Research and Analysis and private individuals. She trained as a
medical technologist and recently completed her Master of
Independent Study in print-making and surface design.
Paula is certified in administering the
Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator and incorporates the concept
that understanding oneself increases the creative process.
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Susan Grancio
Reisterstown, MD
www.susangrancio.com |
Susan Grancio has been a
Quiltmaker for nearly forty years. Starting with traditional
patterns, materials and techniques in the 1970’s, she has developed
her quilting style and skills through exploration of a wide range of
design possibilities and construction methods. Her current work
emphasizes pieced and appliquéd pictorial quilts, memory quilts for
celebrations and special occasions, and quilts in series which
explore color and texture.Teaching
quiltmaking to youngsters and adults of all skill levels in
individual and group lessons allows her to share her love and
experience of quilting with others.
Susan also accepts commissions.
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Linda
Hahn
Manalapan, NJ |
Linda's classes are fun and
empowering! She has a way of taking what seems complex and breaking
it down into easy, understandable steps.
Linda is the 2009 National Quilting
Association's Teacher of theYear. She is the co-author of the
Insider's Guide to Quilting Careers, as well as the Sew Thrifty
series in Quilt Magazine. Linda has been three times nominated for
Professional Quilter Magazine's Teacher of the Year. Her work has
been published in Quilt Magazine, Quilt Almanac, McCall’s Quilting,
McCall’s Quick Quilts and The Professional Quilter Magazine. Linda
has taught at Quilters Heritage Celebration, Machine Quilter's Expo
and twice at the National Quilting Association's annual show as well
as on three quilting cruises and in Bermuda.
Linda wears many hats in the quilting industry
- teacher, author, pattern designer, long arm quilter, show vendor
and marketing consultant for Elizabeth's Studio fabric company.
When she is not quilting, Linda loves cruising the Caribbean,
reading and watching NCIS. She lives in Manalapan, NJ with her
husband, Allan, daughter, Sarah (both of whom are quilters) and
their golden retriever - Amber Lynn.
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Patsy E. Hartnett
Gettysburg, PA |
I can’t remember when I learned
how to quilt. I do remember my mother putting a bench under the foot
peddle of the sewing machine so my foot could reach, and then
allowing me to sew anything I could put my hands on. My
first teaching experience was in 1973 with the South Australian
Adult Education program where I taught a Cathedral Window quilt
class, macramé, and sandal making.
As a founding member of the Fabric and Fiber
Guild of Australia, I was able to have quilting included on the
charter list of “Fabric and Fiber Arts”. After a move back to
the United States, I worked as a teacher for Penn State Extension,
the YWCA, and the Gettysburg Elder Hostel. When Needle and Thread, a
fabric store in Gettysburg opened, I became the “in house” teacher
and where I have been teaching and working for 25 years.
I have had the opportunity to teach in
Australia, Ireland, and the United States. I have been
involved with MAQ for many years, as a student, co-president, and
teacher. My classes are often technique-oriented classes
rather then project oriented and I particularly enjoy teaching
drafting, hand quilting, and hand appliqué.
I started the Studio class for MAQ when the
group moved to Mount Saint Mary’s and it has been a lot of fun as
well as challenging to have such a high energy level and so much
creativity in one space.
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Diane
Holmes
Fleetwood, PA
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Diane Holmes, an award winning quiltmaker, of
Fleetwood PA, is a self taught quilter who began quilting in 1987. A
home sewer and crafter since childhood, she toyed with all types of
crafts, needleworks, flower arranging and basketmaking. All previous
crafting ended when she was severely bitten by the quilt bug! Truly
her life changed after she began quilting. Educated as a medical
assistant, Diane and her husband, of 38 years (yeah!) have two grown
sons and two wonderful grandsons. (what other type of grandsons
could there be but wonderful?) Along with quilting and family being
the love of her life she also adores dogs and is a strong supporter
of animal rescue leagues.
Once she began quilting she left her 9-5 life and
developed a line of Foundation Paper Piecing Patterns and 3-D Effigy
Designs under her company, Jasmine Quilts and Designs. Diane travels
extensively teaching, lecturing and vending at guilds and quilt
shows such as AQS, NQA and Houston. Her classes and lectures feature
her personal favorite types of quilts; “organized scrap quilts” and
“3-D designs & embellishing.” The paper piecing classes incorporate
scrap quilt making while concentrating on the strong visual impact
of values, textures and colors. Her 3-D classes direct students to
look at fabrics and embellishments in a new and imaginative manner.
Students leave her classrooms with a brand new pair of eyes!
Diane’s belief that you can never stop learning
is demonstrated as she improves her personal techniques and shares
these new findings with her students. She believes that by
continually taking classes herself, keeps her up to date with new
methods and trends and keeps her better in tune with what students
want and need. She travels both teaching and learning from others.
In Diane’s mind; that will never end.
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Lona Gayle
Hull
Westminster, MD |
Lona is a certified Home
Economics teacher in Maryland. Her love of all needle work
activities has lead her to teach in children's groups, after-school
activities, adult education programs, quilt and needlework shops,
and guilds. Her classes have included all aspects of quilting,
crochet, knitting, needlepoint, and crewel embroidery.
Quilting for over 30 years, Lona is
enthusiastic about nurturing a love of quilts and their history for
her students. As a NQA Certified Judge she also discusses what
quality quilting techniques should look like for competition. Lona
Gayle and her students are award winning quilters with lots of blue
ribbons, Champion, Viewer's Choice, Judge's Choice, and Best Machine
Quilting in local, state and regional shows. Lona has exhibited at
the NQA Annual Show and the Quilter's Hall of Fame 2008 Baltimore
Album exhibit in Marion, Indiana. Lona worked with a group of
quilters to produce the award winning "Meet Me at the Fair" that has
been featured in the International Association of Fairs and Expos
magazine and the quilt will be housed in the Maryland State Fair
Museum in Timonium, Maryland. Lona Gayle encourages her students to
use a pattern as a guide, feeling it is important to put your own
personality in a quilt.
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Kim
Jalette
Laytonsville, MD |
Kim Jalette began sewing at an
early age, but didn’t take her first quilting class until 1997. She
was instantly hooked, and so began a lifelong passion. Grateful to
her many instructors, Kim’s favorite place is in the quilt
classroom. She teaches classes at quilt shops in Maryland, and was
named Teacher of the Year in 2001 by Capital Quilts. Kim has
lectured and led workshops at guilds throughout the Mid-Atlantic
region.
Kim specializes in classes using the “Square in a Square” ruler
technique, and has designed many quilts using this ruler. “Real
world quiltmaking” is her motto: enjoy the process and allow
yourself the learning curve - we are only human, after all.
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DeLoa Jones
South Haven, MI
www.deloasquiltshop.com |
DeLoa has carried her traditional
quilting background into her machine quilting. In the last 10 years,
she has done 3500 customer quilts. Many of her classes feature free
motion designs that can be quickly done on customer quilts but have
a very traditional look. Her quilts and customer quilts have won at
many national shows. Currently DeLoa lives
in South Haven, Michigan. She is the proud mother of eight children,
Granddaughter, 1 dog, 6 cats, 6 Chickens, and whatever the kids have
dragged in without her knowledge. She enjoys sharing her quilting
knowledge with all who share the same passion. She travels
throughout the country teaching at all the national shows, and holds
many private retreats, and seminars. DeLoa Maintains a full line of
machines which are always ready and able to travel anywhere to fills
the needs of any size group.
DeLoa's classes are informative and fun as well as
affordable, "I like to tailor the costs to help small groups to stay
with-in their budgets, I can modify my classes and presentations to
fill your needs. Give me a call anytime to discuss having me in your
area i can bring the machines or just use yours, the possibilities
are endless". Education breeds success on any level, if you are
serious about starting a business or honing your current skill level
do not miss a chance to spend time with DeLoa.
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Fran
Kordek
Elkins, WV
www.SubtleEndeavors.com |
Fran Kordek of Elkins, West
Virginia, has been making and designing quilts since 1974. She
has been teaching quiltmaking since 1983, judging quilts since 1994,
and is both a National Quilting Association Certified Teacher and
Certified Judge. In 2003, she was honored as the first recipient of
the NQA Certified Teacher of the Year Award, and in 2005 was a
nominee for The Professional Quilter magazine’s Teacher of the Year.
Her work has been exhibited and has won awards
on the regional and national levels, and has been published in
Quilter’s Newsletter, Quilting Today, Quilting Quarterly and
Miniature Quilts. She markets her designs under the name Subtle
Endeavors, and has been actively involved with local and state
guilds and the documentation project of West Virginia’s pre-1940
quilts.
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Debby
Kratovil
Fairfax, VA
www.quilterbydesign.com
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Debby Kratovil was Special
Projects Editor with QUILT Magazine for 15 years, with over 600
articles published. In 2006 alone, she saw 54 of her quilts
published, with another dozen sewn for major fabric companies. She
has seen 25 of her quilts make the cover of quilting magazines. As
she says, "I sew for the camera, making sure my quilts are very
photogenic." She is a popular teacher both locally and nationally,
as many happy students will attest. Debby authored "Bold, Black &
Beautiful Quilts" (AQS, 2004), seven Block a Day quilting calendars
(Accord Publishing & That Patchwork Place - 2006 to 2011). Her most
recent book, "Supersize 'Em Quilts" features BIG blocks and BOLD
prints. Debby is a prolific quilter, designer, and illustrator. Best
of all, she enjoys every minute of it.
She currently sews and designs for several fabric companies, travels
and teaches in 9 cities each year with the Original Sewing and
Quilting Expo, regularly publishes in quilting magazines and loves
teaching for guilds throughout the United States.
Debby lives in Fairfax, Virginia with her husband
Phil and dog Belle. She has 3 grown daughters and a new grandson.
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Merry May
Tuckahoe, NJ
http://www.merrymayhem.com/ |
Teacher, lecturer, designer,
writer, fabric hoarder; quiltmaker since 1978; teaching since 1988.
Merry writes instructions for Merry Mayhem’s Mystery Quilts, which
are made by quilters everywhere. She does Quilt N Cruises and
organizes BBQ* (*Bed, Breakfast & Quilt) Weekends in Wildwood Crest,
NJ with her quilting buddy, Linda Hahn. She taught classes on four
separate occasions at Vermont Quilt Festival; and was nominated
for Professional Quilter magazine’s Teacher of the Year award in
2003 and 2008.
Her work is in public and private collections
worldwide. She manages a local cemetery and owns two tons of buttons
(no, really!).
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Jerri
McKee
Coatsville, PA
http://www.moonlightdesignquilts.com/ |
Jerri McKee is a pattern designer
and teacher, known for her boutique quality jacket patterns made
from Sweatshirts. She chooses to use sweatshirts so that her
customers don’t have to worry about sizing. Just use a sweatshirt
that fits and change it into a wonderful work of wearable art. She
has 25 years of sewing experience and loves to share her shortcuts
and secrets with her students. So be prepared to take home many new
ideas. She can be seen on America Quilts Creatively, Kaye’s Quilting
Friends, QNN Network, and this fall on America Sews. Her pattern
company is called Moonlight Design Quilts & Wearables, Inc.
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Jackie Paton
Merrimack, NH |
I am a self taught quiltmaker.
Quilting began for me because of a need and want of a baby quilt for
my newborn daughter. Only one book was available to me on the
subject. The year was 1979. I’ve been quilting for 30 years.
Since that first quilt, I’ve been a quilting
teacher, a shop owner, and a pattern designer. In between all
that I made competition quilts and blocks (there use to be block
competitions), which led me to develop by “stencilscape” technique.
Painting has been a great teacher of color. Color confidence led to
designing two thread lines, (Vintage Hues Sampler and Muddy Monet)
for Valdani Threads. The marketing of these threads led Red Rooster
Fabrics to me. As I write this bio, I’m working on my seventh fabric
line. I’m a late bloomer.
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Jeannette Piè
Maryland |
Dedicated friend, committed
businesswoman, and avid quilter since the mid-‘70s, Jeanette Pie’
has turned her longtime passion into a thriving, successful business
– three times over! A serial entrepreneur, Pie’ opened her first
quilt shop, Creations Plus, in 1981, and then her second, Quilter’s
Hive, in 1999. After retiring from the retail experience in 2002,
Pie’ has actively worked her magic in yet another quilting arena –
designing “Talking Quilts” for her wholesale business, “Easy as Pie”
designs. Her Talking Quilts feature
special messages for friends, graduates, weddings, babies, Moms,
grandchildren – who could say it better than David Frost, Helen
Keller or Mother Teresa. Her “easy” patterns are designed to
highlight these special quotes – rather than focus on intricate,
complicated piecing. Jeanette has been featured in five
quilting magazines over the years, has written three books, and
thirteen patterns. She is also a National Artisan for Bernina.
Jeanette and her husband, Chuck, currently
reside in a rustic log home in Maryland and have two grown children
and four grandchildren.
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Linda M Poole
Milford, PA
www.lindampoole.com |
Linda is an enthusiastic appliqué
artist whose laughter and humor are contagious in both the classroom
and lecture hall. She mentors those she teaches with patience
and a firm belief that "they can do it." She has authored
three books thus far: "Turkish Delights to Appliqué, " Bended
Bias Appliqué," and "Quilted Fairie Tales." She is also a
fabric designer for Avlyn Fabrics. Linda
has always felt privileged to have been born into a talented, loving
and generous European family who always put their family first when
it came to teaching freedom of artistic expression. As a first
generation, she has inherited the good fortune of generations of
artists, silversmiths, sculptors, poets, weavers, stained-glass
artisans and writers, leading to never ending curiosity of different
cultures. This has fueled Linda's passion for travel, teaching
and sharing her experiences with people around the world.
Linda is the International Outreach Coordinator for the Appliqué
Society. She has taught internationally as well as in our
wonderful country, the USA. Linda believes language is never a
barrier in the translation of quilts!
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Patricia
Prodonovich
Hagerstown, MD |
Patty is a professional quilter who began her
quilting journey in 1986. She was inspired to explore this craft
after viewing some of the many quilting programs broadcasted on
Maryland Public Television. In 1998, Patty decided to try her hand
at teaching and discovered that she truly enjoyed sharing her
quilting knowledge with other quilters of all levels. She finds
great joy in introducing the quilting tradition to beginners and
watching their skill level increase over time. Patty has taught
quilting classes at numerous quilting retreats and quilt shops in
Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Her quilts have won
various awards in quilt shows in the Tri-State region.
Quilting in the traditional style is most
appealing to Patty. She enjoys and appreciates the dedication and
skill required to sew quilts entirely by hand from piecing to
quilting, while on the other hand recognizes that machine piecing
and quilting can produce beautiful works of art as well. In fact,
Patty believes that some of the best quilts can be crafted using
fabric scraps.
Patty has lived in Hagerstown, Maryland with
her husband Paul for the past 34 years.
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Marybeth Scarborough
Fruitland, MD |
Thirty years ago Mary Beth looked
at scraps collected from years of sewing clothes and thought “I'm
going to make a quilt!” And she did. And she loved it! Self taught
at the beginning, Mary Beth has grown with the craft, mastering
traditional, foundation and paper piecing techniques and
experimenting with new quilting tools and new quick methods.
Mary Beth wants all her students to thoroughly
enjoy the process of creating and finishing beautiful quilts or
small projects during her classes. To this end, she provides a
patient and calm atmosphere, and tosses in a bit of quiet humor.
Mary Beth enjoys traveling to teach workshops and lecture at Quilt
Retreats and Quilt Guilds in addition to vending at quilt shows. Her
quilts have been displayed in Salisbury's Ward Museum and she has
lectured and been interviewed on PAC 14, the public television
station.
Mary Beth is a native of Maryland's Eastern
Shore. She and Bill, her husband of forty three years, are blessed
with three grown children and one granddaughter. Together they own
The Dusty Attic, a lovely quilt shop located in Fruitland, just
south of Salisbury, Maryland.
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Kathy Schwabeland
Baltimore, MD |
Kathy has spent the last 14 years
playing around with fabric and increasing her stash. She is a firm
believer in "more fabric is better" when it comes to making quilts
and insists that lime green is a neutral color. When Kathy is not
stitching up a storm, she can be found reading mysteries, camping,
and fooling around in the kitchen. Kathy lives with her husband,
three sons, three dogs, four cats, and a snake named Marty. She
promises not to bring the snake to class.
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Michelet Scott
Deptford, NJ
www.piecefulquilter.com |
I have been a teacher in the
public school system for almost half my life. Approximately
thirteen years ago, I decided to take up a little hobby of quilting
to pass my time. Like
every other self-respecting “quilt-a-holic”, it quickly became a
passion. Machine quilting
was of particular interest to me, as it was just becoming a popular
and acceptable way of
quilting your quilt. I was fascinated with the freedom of free
motion quilting - especially
creating designs that need no marking. Embellishing quilts with a
variety of decorative
threads was thrilling to me, and I was determined to incorporate as
many of them in my
quilts as I could! Working with these threads could sometimes be
frustrating, so I spent
many hours developing strategies to work with them more effectively.
Being a teacher, I was naturally drawn to sharing
these methods with my peers. My main
goal was to conduct positive upbeat classes that teach solid
techniques and give all levels
of quilters new confidence. For the past 10 years, I have taught at
many quilt guilds and
shows across the United States and Canada. In addition, I have been
on the faculty of Quilt University. Quilt University provides
the quilting community with a variety of
classes for quilters online.
At the same time that I began lecturing and
teaching, I began working with McCall’s
Quilting and Quick Quilts magazines. Over the past 10 years, I’ve
had over 60 quilts
published in their magazines. Recently, I’ve begun designing for
Fons and Porter and
writing for Quilter’s Home magazine and Quilter’s Choice Network (QCN),
a new online
quilting community. In addition to being published in an assortment
of magazines, I have
just released the 2 hour instructional DVD, Bobbinpalooza and
Machine Quilting Fun!
My newest passion is designing fabric for Northcott Silk. My fourth
line entitled Galaxy
Gala is being debuted in Houston this fall at the International
Quilt Market. Graphic
design is a just another way to express my creativity, and it’s so
wonderful to use the
textiles I create in quilts!
Most exciting by far, my book, Bobbinpalooza
and Fusin’ Fun will be debuted by AQS
at the International Quilt Market in Houston, Fall 2011.
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Erin
Underwood
Elkton, MD
www.ErinUnderwoodQuilts.com |
Erin has been quilting since the
early 1990's but has been sewing since her college roommate helped
her make her first dress. In late 2003, she purchased a Gammill 26”
Classic and went into the long-arm business. As a professional
quilter and teacher, she has not only been able to support her
ever-expanding need for fabric and thread but credits her business
with keeping her children in good clothes and college textbooks.
Erin teaches and lectures through out the region
at quilts shops and guild functions. Her
quilts have been exhibited at local, regional and national shows.
She is always delighted
by the warm reception and eagerness of quilters to learn from each
other and continues to
take classes herself.
No longer Quilting-for-Hire, Erin designs
patterns that are traditional with a twist. She
appreciates the many styles of quilting and has centered her classes
around teaching
techniques that enable us to create complicated quilts using simple
methods. Her original
patterns can be found in many local quilt shops as well as on her
website.
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Karen Witt
Winchester, KY
http://www.reproductionquilts.com/ |
Karen has been sewing all of her life and has
been actively quilting for over twenty-five years. She has taught
quilting classes for individual guilds and quilt shops across the
country and in France for Quiltmania. Her quilts have been exhibited
and have received numerous awards at national shows, including
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, American Quilter's Society (AQS) and
National Quilting Association NQA. In addition, she has received
recognition in several design competitions. For the past several
years, she has chosen to specialize in the history of quilting, the
use of reproduction fabrics and the creation of quilts with historic
significance.
She currently dates and appraises quilts,
lectures, teaches and designs reproduction patterns. Her original
designs and quilts are frequently featured as Free Projects on the
Windham/Baum website and in The Quilter, Quiltmania, Fabric Trends,
Easy Quilts (a Fon's and Porter publication) and Love of Quilting.
Look for her teaching at your local guild or quilt shop soon -- and
be sure to call her when planning your programs and retreats!
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