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Terry Albers Terry Albers began writing patterns for her students while teaching at her sister's quilt shop. She now has a line of patterns and has authored three books with her friend Pam Puyleart of Cottage Creek Quilts. Contact her at: www.hedgehogquilts |
| Elizabeth Allocco Elizabeth Allocco is addicted to playing with fabric. She loves the possibilities of designing, and has a long list of patterns waiting to become actual quilts. |
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Jina Barney Alpine, Utah quilter Jina is inspired by beautiful new fabrics, and loves to create quilts that bring love and comfort to others. |
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Debbie Beaves Debbie Beaves is the designer and author at Violet Patch Quilts, and has been quilting and teaching for over twenty-five years. Her ability to blend visually stunning designs with highly detailed and easy-to-follow patterns makes Debbie a favorite among her students. Contact her at: Debbie@violetpatch.com |
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Jinny Beyer A world-renowned fabric and quilt designer, author and teacher, Jinny is well-known for her distinctive border print fabrics and her 150-piece Quilters Palette fabric collection. Jinny's most recent book is the Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns, an encyclopedia of more than 4,050 blocks with historical information and instructions for drafting the blocks in any size. Contact her at www.jinnybeyer.com |
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Hilary Bobker After forty years of pattern making, first in a theater and then in fashion, Hilary is now "following her bliss" by patterning and making quilts. She recently started publishing her own patterns. |
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| Natalia Bonner Natalia grew up watching ladies sew at her mother's custom curtain shop. She kept scraps and started making her own quilts, one of which won a ribbon at a state fair. She is now a prize-winning quilter and teacher of machine quilting and her raw-edge appliqué technique. Contact her at: tally92582@aol.com or www.pieceandquilt.com. |
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Lynn Roddy Brown
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Janine Burke Janine has been around needlework of some form for as long as she can remember. Inspired by her love of fabric and the graphics of everyday life, she designs from her home in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. |
| Deb Burton Deb is a second generation owner of Country Fabrics and Quilting. She is the creator of the Country Fabrics and Quilting Apple Core Template. |
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Patti Carey Patti Carey enjoys playing with new fabrics, and hopes to inspire other quilters with her creations. Contact her at patti.carey@northcott.net |
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Kari Carr |
| Colette Cogley Colette is a quilter, educator, and the founder/owner of Quiltology: The Urban Quilt Space, in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Learn more at www.quiltology.com. |
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Jodie Davis Jodie Davis has a busy schedule as host of "Quilt Out Loud" and "Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show" on QNNtv.com. She likes to make quilts that are easy and quick so she can share them with her viewers. Contact her at: www.QNNtv.com |
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Kim Diehl After winning a national challenge with her third quilt, Kim's new-found hobby quickly blossomed into a full-time career. In addition to designing quilts and authoring her "Simple" series of books for Martingale & Co., she has designed several fabric collections. Kim travels nationally, sharing her quilts and teaching her easy techniques. |
| Monique Dillard Monique's love of quilting was nurtured by relatives who taught her the art of handwork and sewing. She was a regular teacher at her local quilt shop; for fifteen years until her budding quilt design business steered her career toward a national audience. These days you can find Monique teaching across the United States at quilt guilds and weekend retreats. Several trips to Europe have resulted in not only new beautiful quilt pattern designs, but also her fabric collections with Maywood Studio. Contact her at: info@opengatequilts.com |
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Jenny Doan Jenny Doan is the familiar face of Youtube quilting videos, where she has taught hundreds of thousands how to make quilting fun, fast, and fulfilling with her short videos and classes. She runs a local quilt shop in Hamilton, Missouri called the Missouri Star Quilt Company, her shop is home to the largest selection of precut quilting fabric anywhere. She finds her greatest joy in helping others realize their creative potential through quilting. Learn more at www.MissouriQuiltCo.com |
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Carol Dockery Designer Carol Dockery is the owner of Quilter by Night Designs, a small pattern company dedicated to providing patterns for fun, unique, and useful items to quilters and sewing enthusiasts. She specializes in small projects that promote the art of quilting. Learn more at www.quilterbynight.com. |
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Karen DuMont Karen enjoys designing bright, whimsical appliqué quilts as well as teaching and presenting trunk shows for guilds and shops. Contact her at KariePatch@comcast.net or www.kariepatch.com |
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Natalie Earnheart Natalie works behind the scenes at Missouri Star Quilt Company, answering phone calls and sending emails to customers. Natalie’s designs and ideas have been made into tutorials and templates that reach millions of quilters worldwide. She helps us see complex, modern, and traditional patterns so anyone can make them. She is a single mother of five children, an artist, and a quilter. |
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Marianne Elizabeth Marianne has been designing fabric collections and patterns since 1977. Known for her use of color, she often chooses very rich, saturated colors that, she says "are alive, have depth, and sparkle." The result is a unique style that is sophisticated yet approachable. |
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Susan Emerson As a lifelong lover of fabrics and sewing, Susan studied textiles and fashion design and has loved working in the quilting industry for more than twenty years. |
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Gudrun Erla Born and raised in Iceland, Gudrun has published several patterns and nine books and is also a fabric designer. |
| Lynne Farris A published author, Lynne is an avid fabric artist known for her botanical soft sculpture art. Lynne’s designs are often featured on HGTV and in your favorite magazines. In her books you will find a variety of creative projects to make for your home and for gifting. |
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| Debra Finan Deb is the Managing Editor of all Fons & Porter titles. She sews and knits with equal enthusiasm, and always has several projects going. |
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Mary Fons A professional writer and performer based in Chicago, Mary co-hosts the nationally-airing PBS program "Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting" along with her mom, famed quilter and educator Marianne Fons. In 2010, Mary created Quilty, an online show offered weekly on QNNtv.com. Targeted primarily to the beginner quilter, Quilty offers instruction, guidance, and inspiration to those who want to learn to make a quilt, whatever their age or experience level. In 2012, Mary created Quilty magazine (New Track Media), which quickly met with critical and commercial acclaim. Mary holds a B.A. in Theater Arts from the University of Iowa. As a freelance writer, her work has been published widely in print and online since 2005. Mary believes that being a quilter means being a part of the coolest legacy in American history. For more about Mary, visit www.maryfons.com. |
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Megan Franck Love of Quilting's art director, Megan Franck, is a new quilt designer with a modern style. She likes quilt designs with graphic shapes and fun use of color. |
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Brandi Frey Brandi found her love of quilting in college, and has been quilting and sewing ever since. She and her family live in Seattle, Washington. |
| Sandy Gervais Sandy has always been an artist. When met with little encouragement from a high school counselor, she was challenged to prove him wrong. Sandy started her own greeting card company, which allowed her to express her love of art and design. In 1992, she launched her pattern company, Pieces From My Heart, and in 1994, she was discovered by Moda. Sandy says, "I like people to look at my designs and see a little piece of me. I love what I do and I want to convey that to my customers." |
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Bev Getschel Bev fell in love with quilting in 2003, after having sewn all her life. She is the winner of several awards, and is regularly published in quilting magazines. |
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Ro Gregg Inspired by her passion for quilts and home decorating, Ro Gregg takes inspiration from mother nature and flowers. She has designed thousands of fabric collections with a trendy romantic freshness. Ro believes styles come and go, but good designs last forever. Contact her at: rorogregg@verizon.net |
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Nancy Green Owner and creative mind behind Pink Sand Beach Designs, Nancy offers a collection of contemporary purse patterns. Her engineering background helps her design purses that feature the utmost attention to detail while still being easy and fun to sew. |
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Marianne Haak Marianne has been sewing most of her life, or so it seems. She bought her first sewing machine as soon as she got home from her honeymoon. She is the mother of four wonderful, grown children and grandmother to two beautiful baby girls. She is married to a saint of a man, who, when asked if he minds her fabric obsession, just shrugs and says that he doesn't want to know what goes on in her sewing room. Contact her at www.thequiltingedge.com |
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Desiree Habicht Desiree Habicht is an award-winning art quilter who teaches, lectures, and designs fabric. She also owns her own company, Desirees Designs. She and her husband work to bring her images to life on fabric and other products. |
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Sarah Hahn Sarah Hahn, now twenty-one, has been quilting since she was six. She is the author of a longarm quilting workbook titled Dynamic Designs-New York Beauty Edition, and has her own line of stencils from Quilting Creations International. |
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Nancy Halvorson Nancy designs quilt patterns and creates project books since 1992 and designs fabric for Benartex since 1996. Her innovative and appeasling Art To Heart designs are recognized and loved around the world. Nancy has created and sewn all her life and just published her 47th book. She’s currently hard at work on new fabric and project designs. Contact her at www.arttoheart.com |
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Judy Hansen Judy’s passion for art and all things sewing has led her to a place in her life that is full of both. She is owner of the Quilt Shop in DeLand, Florida, has authored three books on quilting and over seventy-five quilt patterns. Her latest love affair is designing fabric. Contact her at www.quiltshopofdeland.com |
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Scott Hansen Scott Hansen has been quilting with bright color choices for years as an antidote to living in the gray environment of the Pacific Northwest. He and his family live on an acreage with a flock of chickens and cats -- with one lone duck. Contact him at www.BlueNickelStudios.com |
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Reeze Hanson Reeze Hanson's design company, Morning Glory Designs, features quilts and table runners based on floral themes and historical mosaics and textiles. Her patterns showcase modern techniques, short cuts, and easy piecing and applique instructions to permit busy working women to recreate her designs with ease. A longtime college speech teacher, Reeze teaches quilt classes and offers a wide variety of EQ7 workshops. Contact her at www.morningglorydesigns.net |
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Sue Harvey and Sandy Boobar Sue Harvey and Sandy Boobar combined Sue's work as a freelance quilt editor and Sandy's longarm experience to form their business, Pine Tree Country Quilts. They published their first book, Polka Dot Christmas, in 2010. Contact them at: www.pinetreecountryquilts.com |
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Tiffany Hayes A designer and machine quilter, Tiffany is the owner of Needle in a Hayes Stack. She also works at Bolts in the Bathtub in Lancaster, California. Tiffany has a great husband and three young-adult children who keep her very busy. |
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Lee Heinrich Lee lives in Milwaukee with her husband and two daughters. She is a former graphic designer who now enjoys designing with fabrics. Lee's blog, Freshly Pieced, can be found at www.freshlypieced.com. |
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Brigitte Heitland Brigitte Heitland's background as a trained interior and textile designer inspired her to create quilts which impress with their clear, peaceful, and refreshing look. The simple, minimalistic, clean patterns surprise and the generous use of solids enhanced by splashy bits of prints prove her beautiful sense of style, color, and design. Brigitte is a fabric and pattern designer and owner of Zen Chic. She has three children and lives with her family in Germany. Contact Brigitte at info@gdservice.de or visit her website at www.brigitteheitland.de |
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Carl Hentsch Designer Carl Hentsch started quilting in the late 90s. He learned by reading and watching "Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting" on public television. He has had original designs displayed in quilt shows and traveling exhibits. Carl teaches quilting at local quilt shops, has self-published several patterns, and is the author of Stars and Strips Forever, published by AQS. |
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Cyndi Hershey Cyndi has been quilting for more than twenty-five years. Her education and background in interior design and textiles was helpful as her interest in quilting grew. Cyndi is also the author of two books published by Martingale & Co., Sudoku Quilts and Nine by Nine. |
| Lacey J. Hill Lacey, of Golden Thyme Designs, and Lorraine Freed of Legacy Quilter are two freelance designers who publish their designs with www.QuiltWoman.com |
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Sharon Holland Sharon is a landscape design artist and a textile designer. Designing fabrics has enabled Sharon to combine patterns, colors, and nature in vintage-inspired prints which have a fresh and modern look. |
| Joanie Holton and Melanie Greseth Sisters Joanie Holton and Melanie Greseth design quilts to highlight new fabrics. Their business, Tailormade by Design, provides them the opportunity to do what they love and to work with fun, interesting people every day. Contact them at: www.sewquiltcraft.com |
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| Cherri House Cherri creates quilts using simple, traditional blocks with a modern twist. She has a pattern design business called Cherry House Quilts, and is the author of City Quilts, published by C&T Publishing. |
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Janet Houts Janet Houts designs lots of quilts, and is also co-author of the book, Circle of Nine, featuring a unique system for arranging any nine quilt blocks into a creative quilt setting. Contact her at: www.circleofninequilts.com |
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Tony Jacobson |
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Lynette Jensen Lynette Jensen is recognized as a leading fabric and pattern designer and author in the quilting industry. Her passion is helping others create warmth and beauty in their own homes. |
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Kimberly Jolly Kimberly began Fat Quarter Shop in 2003, and launched her pattern company, It's Sew Emma, in 2011 to market her quilt designs. |
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Faith Jones Faith began quilting in early 2009, and has explored all aspects of the art from fabric design to pattern creation. She is an active member of the online modern quilting community, and enjoys sharing tutorials and quiltalongs on her blog, at www.FreshLemonsQuilts.com |
| Yvette Jones Yvette fell in love with graphic design at the age of thirteen and has never looked back. She comments, “Design is my passion and I feel fortunate to love what I do every day. Working with my mother to design quilts is a very rewarding experience and a natural extension of my design talents. I love the tactile nature of quilts and working with my hands to create something beautiful.” |
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