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Charlotte Angotti
While shopping with her mother in 1978, Charlotte wandered into a quilt shop and everything changed from there. Educated in fine arts, speech and drama she brings a variety of talents to class in a most humorous way. Known for her humor, her way with fabric/color and her pre-cut kits Charlotte believes her hobby is quilt making and her job is teaching others to enjoy it as much as she does. Come to the Quilter’s Celebration Banquet and hear Charlotte present her perspective on the question “Why do you make quilts”.
http://www.charlotteangotti.com/ |
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Debbie Bowles
Debbie has been designing slightly unusual quilts for her own pattern company Maple Island Quilts since the spring of 1998. Quilt patterns from Maple Island Quilts are just a bit untraditional. They are fun to stitch and achievable for most skill levels. There are no templates used in Maple Island Quilts' patterns, instead clever cutting and often unexpected block rotations make these quilts work. Debbie says, “One of the constants in my life has always been the art of creating. For many of us it is the process far more than the project because for me, sewing soothes the soul no matter what else is happening in my life.”
http://www.mapleislandquilts.com/ |
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Hollis Chatelain
Hollis born and raised in Pennsylvania, but lived fourteen years of her adult life overseas in Switzerland and in four West African countries. At the end of 1996, she moved back to the United States. Her current studio and home are in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Hollis started her career as a textile artist in Africa. Her interest was sparked by the richness and beauty of African fabrics, which are ever so integrated into the everyday life of Africans. Her distinctive use of colors and imagery, as well as her dye-painted scenes of multicultural life have brought her international recognition.
http://www.hollisart.com/ |
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Velda Newman
Velda is an internationally recognized contemporary quilt artist, author and lecturer. Known for her large scale, mostly organic designs, Velda creates original quilts of exceptional beauty and craftsmanship. For the past 18 years, Velda's work has appeared in many national and international exhibitions and has been featured in over 30 publications. She lives in Northern California and is the mother of 4 and the grandmother of 10.
http://www.veldanewman.com/ |
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Sue Nickels
Sue began quilting over 25 years ago, starting out by hand and gradually focusing on machine work. Sue has written tree books, two of them with her sister, Pat Holly. Pat and Sue also work on quilts together. They have entered many quilts in national shows and have collected an array of impressive awards. Some quilts, like The Beatles Quilt, or The Space Quilt are recognizable by any quilter. Sue says: “My most rewarding quilting endeavor is teaching others about quilting and timesaving machine techniques. I emphasize the best quality workmanship possible, never compromising quality for speed. Along with being a wife and mom, I will continue to make the best machine quilts I can, and share my knowledge with other quilters around the country”.
http://www.sue.nickels.com/ |
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Andrea Perejda
Andi is an award winning quilt maker, teacher and NQA Certified Quilt Judge. She is known for her hand quilting and hand appliqué, however her interests include all facets of quilt making. Andi regularly enters regional and national shows and has won many prizes, such as Best of Show, Best Innovative Design, and Appliqué Master. Andi says: “The hand work is relaxing. It’s gratifying. I think I’m really fortunate because I’m able to quilt rather quickly and I don’t know why--it’s sheer luck basically, but I find it very relaxing. To just sit back and have the sense that something’s accomplished in a short period of time and that it’s not going to disappear.” |
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Sue Rasmussen
“Fabrics, rich in color, intricately pieced into a story of her fancy. Stitches, carefully woven through the whole, bringing it to life.” This has been Sue’s passion for over thirty years, and for the last seventeen, she has been sharing this passion with her family, friends and students. To allow herself more time for the creative process, she has acquired and developed many tricks and techniques that are invaluable to the machine quilter. Sue says: “If you join me for one of my classes, we will explore together the ways to free up your Inner Artistry”.
http://www.gregorycase.com/quilts/sr/ |
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Dick Hodnefield
Dick is the foremost expert on Singer Featherweights (FW) west of the Mississippi. Having been a collector for over 15 years, he has owned over 300 of these machines. He currently owns 12 FWs, some very rare, including the fourth oldest machine on record, from the first lot made in 1933. Dick hunts for these old sweethearts and lovingly repairs and restores them. He has produced and sells a video for FW owners to help them care for their little treasure. Dick is the service manager at Kingdom Sewing in Northridge, CA. |
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Bonnie Colonna
Bonnie Colonna enjoys all aspects of sewing and over the years has had lots of experience sewing for the home, children, school, band, church and theater. Some of her specialties include quilting, heirloom, art-to-wear garments, doll-making and software classes. Her background includes running a custom sewing and smocking business. She has taught regionally and nationally for the Smocking Arts Guild of America, the Colorado Quilt Council, as well as freelance educator for Husqvarna Viking. Bonnie loves sharing her enthusiasm for sewing with others. |
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Linda Matthews
Linda Matthews began sewing at an early age and was known to have the best-dressed Barbie in town. A recent newcomer from Australia and now a resident of Florida, Linda has a background in dressmaking and decorative sewing. These days her area of expertise is in quilting, specifically art quilts, using decorative free motion, color and contemporary quilting techniques as an integral part of her design. Linda enjoys teaching, encouraging creativity, and inspiring imagination in her students.
http://www.linda-matthews.com/index.htm |
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Sewing after Dark
Are you inspired by the awesome quilts you saw on the Show floor? Is your head buzzing with the information you learned at a workshop? Your foot is itching to push on that pedal, but your buddies turned the lights off in your hotel room? If that’s how you feel, then this venue is for you. You don’t even have to sew, you may cut, or draw, or fuse, or paint! There is no teacher, just a bright room, plenty of table space and utter freedom to do whatever you want (well, no dancing on the table). |
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