* = Current member 2010/2010

Kansas Professionals:
Teachers & Lecturers:
Cathy Audley  & Sue Chaffee *
Kathy Delaney  *
Deborah Divine  
Barbara J. Eikmeier  *
Carol Elmore   *
Ronnie Elmore   *
Linda Everhart  
Nancy Graves & Judy Robb   *
Karen Hansen   *
Reeze L. Hanson   *
Martha S. Heimbaugh 
Deanna Hodson  *
Nancy Hornback
Carol Gilham Jones  *
Tresa Jones 
Judy Lyon & Angela Meadows 
Julie McEathron 
Tony Munoz  *
Judy Oberkrom  *
Mindy Peterson  *
Jeanne M. Poore  * 
Debra Rowden  *
Terry Thompson 
Libby Wallis  *

Longarm Quilters:
 

Iowa Professionals
Ilene Bartos  *
* = Current member 2010/2010

* = Current member 2010/2010
 

Arkansas Professionals

Carol has been a member of her guild for 18 years and has held an office or chairmanship of a committee for 16 or 17 of those years. She filed the Guild’s application for tax exemption when it was incorporated in 1992.

Guild / Shop Affiliations
Hill N Hollow Quilt Guild

Caroline has taken many classes pertaining to antiques and contemporary values. She gives written appraisals for all types of quilts and quilted textiles by appointment only.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Calico Cutups Guild, Bella Vista, AR
Wichita, KS; Tulsa,OK; Leavenworth, KS; Pittsburg, KS &  Springdale, AR shops

Lectures

Closets, Shelves, Trunks & Under the Bed, entertaining, enlightening and inspiring you to use your own quilts for decorating your home.
The 4-Patch/9-Patch, learn to utilize even the smallest pieces that keep multiplying in your sewing room.
Blue Ribbon Quilts, Here We Come!, demonstrates how a judge sees and chooses the prize quilts.
Scrap Quilts are Happy Quilts, presents lots of ways to use up some of the scraps in your ever growing collection.

Friendship Quilts are the Rage, a collection of block as well as signature quilts both large and small will give the audience ideas for building their own memories.
30s Quilts Keep Turning Up, view a collection of 30s quilts and learn ways you can reserve, repair or even finish your treasures.

Workshops

Sunshine in My Garden, wash away technique with finishing blocks as you go. Uses lots of fabrics from your stash. 6 Hours
Don't Be a Wall Flower, Build a large pillow using foundation piecing. 6 Hour
Gift Ideas with Log Cabin Techniques, several small gift ideas. 3 Hour
Fabulous Foundation Piecing, simple beginner to advanced techniques for foundation piecing. 6 Hours
Log Cabin Near the Courthouse Steps, a stunning bed-size or wall quilt, using both patterns. 6 Hours
Pineapple Mantel Cover & Table Runner, a very easy technique with stunning results. 6 Hours
Tender Loving Care for Old Quilts, guided through the steps of repairing and stabilizing old textiles. 3 Hours
String Pieced Stars, make a scrap quilt using piecing techniques to build 8-pointed stars. 6 Hours
In the Closet? Make Memories, small project using men's neckties and batiks as a remembrance of days past, but not forgotten. 6 Hours

Quilt Judging, 30 years experience
Appraisals, arranged by special appointment
Commission Quilts, custom quilt making.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Calico Cutups, Q.U.I.L.T., Nyte Tyme Guild, KS Quilters Organization.
 

Lectures &

Trunk Show - includes quilts large and small, many techniques used, spanning from 1880s to present day. Funny and interesting stories enhance this show.
Scrap Quilts Only - A wide range of scrap techniques are encompassed in this presentation.
How to Have a Blue Ribbon Quilt - Tips and tricks from a judge and what attracts their eye, and what places it in 2nd place almost immediately.
Arrange, Arrange and Manage to Hide - A dream of a studio on a shoestring budget.
Why Did I Save All This Stuff? - A humorous collection of blocks, strips and pieced from an addicted quilter.
 To Repair or Despair and Maybe to Share - Tips for finishing blocks and tops of the past. How to repair or restore your grandma's quilt.
30s Quilts Have Character! - Ways and Means to survive, both mentally and physically.
Friends Are Forever - A collection of signature quilts and blocks. Ideas are given for how to quickly or not so quick make a wonderful keepsake.
Where Do we Go From Here? - Half square and quarter square triangles and how to arrange them with ease. 1 day workshop
Bow Tie Without the Knot - Three methods of building bow tie blocks with an emphasis of making a friendship or memorial quilt. 1 day workshop
Color-You Too, Can Do It - Select fabrics and make blocks by gluing color chips to paper. 1 day workshop
Mixing Log Cabin with Courthouse Steps - A stunning bed size quilt or a wall quilt variety using both patterns. 1 day workshop
Clean Up That Sewing Room - Organize your scraps for future use and "what you can make out of a mess"! 1 day workshop
Light in the Darkness - Wash away technique with finishing blocks as you go. 1 day workshop

Flock Of Birds - a Sally Schneider technique of rapidly building small blocks which connect together to make an all over pattern. 1 day workshop
Building a Strong Foundation - Pieced friendship blocks in a hurry for a family reunion, wedding reception, party, etc. 1 day workshop
The Strip-and not Las Vegas - Build large blocks of 8-pointed stars, divided by sashing. 1 day workshop
The Bar - Use old blocks in your stash or create new blocks, design on-point format and choose appropriate fabrics for bars and triangles to finish design. 1 day workshop
Log Cabin for All Occasions - Placement of value and color with various borders. 1 day workshop
Vegetable with No Bugs - pieced vegetable made easy.
Four in a Four in a Four - Fabulous product using simple 4-patches. 1 day workshop
Trip Around the World - Old-fashioned design using modern techniques and speed piecing. 1 day workshop
Corners in Familiar Cabins - Make a wall quilt using small scale log cabin design and adding additional interest. 1 day workshop
Building on the Family Reunion Photos - How to take photos on fabric and build step by step from the signature outside border, making all the pieces balance in color, value, scale and unity. 1 day workshop
Texas Star in Arkansas - Large quilt with Texas Star set on point in the center square, and log cabin blocks in the triangular corners. 1 day workshop
Texas Star in Arkansas II - Large star in center with folk art appliqué flowers and birds in setting square and triangles. 1 day workshop
Flower Garden Rewards - Pieced flowers and leaves using foundation methods. 1 day workshop

Nebraska Professionals:

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
IQA; AQS; NQA; Nebraska State Quilt Guild

Lectures &

• Follow the Patchwork Road

• Small Quilts: Miniature

•  Heirlooms

• String Piecing: Old Blocks - New Blocks

• Collecting and Using Toy Sewing Machines

• Small Quilts Made Easy
• Stars, Stars and More Stars
• Pineapple Quilts
• Virginia Reel Wall Hanging
• Creative Fabric Painting
• String Piecing: Building on Tradition
• Free Form Cutting & Piecing
• World's Easiest House Block
• Starry Night Wall Hanging

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Bits-n-Pieces Quilters, Gibbon, NE; Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, Kearney, NE; Nebraska State Quilt Guild
 

Oklahoma Professionals

Lectures / Workshops

History of Beads and The Care and Feeding of Beads in the 21st Century

History of Crazy Quilts, The Quirks and Fables of its Eclectic Journey

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Walnut Valley & Jubilee Quilters-OK, AQS, NQA, and IQA

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Jubilee Quilt Guild, Ponca City
 

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Central Oklahoma Quilt Guild, Norman Area Quilt Guild, Silver Threads Quilt Guild (Colorado), Western Oklahoma Quilt Guild

Ilene's book, "Mapleleaf Quilts", was released in March 2008 by Martingale.  In her book she teaches 9 techniques for making points

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
DesMoines Area Quilters Guild, Central Iowa Textile Artists (CITA)

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska State Quilt Guilds;  Olathe Quilter's Guild; AQS

Lectures & Workshops:

Sisterspeak: our quilting journey. This is a trunk show in which Cathy and Sue take you on a fun tour of their learning experiences in the art of quilting.
Altering Fabric: dyeing, printing, painting, batik “Making Blah Fabric Look Brilliant. ”This is an exploration, with many examples, of the techniques of changing fabrics. We examine the use of painting, dyeing, hand batik, printing, discharging, and more. Learn the fun ways to make a piece your very own.
Bobbin Work: sewing “upside down” You can use heavier thread to make designs stand out. Add texture and dimension to your quilts. Either learn the process with making samples, or make a project with a “Bag of Flowers”.
Fabric Printing: we will teach the art of using found objects to print your fabric. Especially fun and rewarding is printing with leaves, vines and feathers. This workshop can also be a play time where you experiment with many different printing styles, or choose one of two projects: 1. Printing a shirt; 2. making background for appliqué.
Mola Made Easy: Learn a reverse technique to achieve striking results layering fabric.
Postcards: The newest craze in quilting is fun and fast! We will show you the ins and outs of making your own post cards that you can send in the mail for many different occasions, or form an exchange group with friends.
Machine Trapunto: Love those dimensional quilts you see in the shows? We will teach you how to achieve beautiful results with an easy method of trapunto.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Heart of Kansas Quilters Guild; Prairie Quilt Guild; teaches in her home also.

Workshops & Lectures:

Journal Quilts: your life in quilts
Color Me Unique: presented with humor and personal insight.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Starlight Quilter's Guild; Prairie Point Quilt Shop, Shawnee, KS
 

Workshops & Lectures:

The Dysfunctional Quilter - Laugh and learn with the Midwest's most dysfunctional quilter.
Cats' Cradle - an 18" wall hanging, uses paper-piecing for the 3-cat center and flying geese border.
Iris and Ivy - combines machine-pieced irises and hand appliquéd ivy in a 36" wall hanging
Clematis - a 34" wall hanging combines piecing and appliqué to create a flower-covered trellis.
Holiday Wreaths - a simple machine-pieced and appliquéd wall hanging, sports ribbons, bells, and a bit of decorative stitching.
Septuplets - designing & paper piecing 7-pointed stars
Appli-anything - creating and sewing your own designs.
Visit her website www.wellberry.com for a complete listing of workshops and lectures.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
The Greater Kansas City Guild; Kaw Valley Quilt Guild; Harper's Fabric & Quilt Company and American Quilters Society (AQS)

Workshops & Lectures:

If the Shoe Doesn't Fit, Then Go Barefoot! - An uplifting lecture and trunk show encouraging more creativity in all aspects of our lives. Research on creativity and life event is used to empower the audience to take what file has given them and make it work, especially in quilts. A variety of quilts illustrates this eclectic sense of adventure and ongoing development of color and design sense. Slides are included showing sites of design inspiration for the original "Jewels of the Plaza" pattern. A scavenger just is enclosed in this wall hanging pattern.
Playing In Your Scrap Bag with Paper Foundation Piecing -
We'll begin paper piecing a simple Courthouse Steps pattern, and then play with easy variations which can all fit together into any size project, from baby quilt to king-size. This is a great project to study color, values and contrast while playing in your stash.

Quilting Basics
Paper Foundation Piecing
Needle-turn Appliqué
Strip Pieced Lone Star
Mariner's Compass- drafting, sewing
Color
Hand Trapunto - techniques
Blended Irish Chain (strip piecing)

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Silver Needles Quilt Guild, KQO, AQS

Workshops & Lectures

Deborah presents a motivational and humorous trunk show, "My Life in Miniature", of selected miniatures and small wall hangings from her collection including quilts made by the famous Caryl Bryer Fallert, Ann Pfahl, etc. and not-so-famous herself.
Folded Flowers - A workshop based on techniques from Kumiko Sudo's books, Fabled Flowers and Fantasies and Flowers.

Lectures & Workshops

Log Cabin Tales: Trunk show & lecture presenting the history, design and construction of Log Cabin Quilts. Illustrating the versatility of the log cabin pattern and using quilts I have designed and constructed.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Blue Valley Quilt Guild

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Konza Prairie Quilters Guild, Kansas Quilters Organization, IQG, AQS

Workshops & Lectures

From the Beginning - Trunk show
If Martha Stewart was a Quilter - Slide show on decorating
Sew Room Therapy - Storage solutions

Hand Appliqué - workshop

Workshops & Lectures

The Kansas Landscape as Design - a simple design process focused on the visual elements of the Kansas landscape will be explored. A variety of fiber collage and quilting techniques will be demonstrated and used to create wall hangings that celebrate the beauty of Kansas nature.

Shop & Guild Affiliations:
Sunflower Piecemakers QG, Lansing, KS; Quilting Bits 'n Pieces, Eudora, KS;

Workshops &

It's All in the Sashing - If you have piles of blocks but are undecided about how to set them, this may be the class for you.

Korean Chogakpo - Learn traditional Korean patchwork as you begin a small wrapping cloth in Korean moshee fabric.

Back Basting Hand Appliqué - Begin a traditional block in needle turn appliqué.

Back Basting by Machine - Machine applique using satin stitch zig-zag.

Korean Sewing Bag - complete a drawstring sewing bad made by hand the way Korean students taught Barb.

A is for Appliqué - A trunk show of appliqué quilts and quilt tops.

When This You See Remember Me - a trunk show of friendship quilts that span a 20 year period.

It's All in the Sashings! - A trunk show of quilts and tops that feature blocks set with alternate designs created by the sashings and cornerstone settings.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas! - Coming soon.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Konza Prairie Quilt Guild; KQO; AQSG; All About Quilts, Manhattan, KS.

Workshops & Lectures

Quilt Appraisal Facts and Fallacies - Carol uses quilts from her own personal collection to illustrate the points of this lecture and will also do individual appraisals after this lecture.
History of Quilt Making from 3400 B.C. to the Present - Carol uses a combination of quilts and pictures to illustrate quilt history.
Life and Quilts of Ida Stover Eisenhower, Mother of Dwight D. Eisenhower - This is a slide lecture featuring Eisenhower family history and quilts made by Ida Eisenhower.
Gone to the Dogs - Quilts and fabrics featuring canine friends - trunk show with some slides.
Aprons In Our Lives - Discusses the history of aprons from 1830's to present. She brings her apron collection to illustrate this lecture.
Dating Antique Quilts and Fabrics - participants bring antique quilts or tops they want identified and Carol brings fabric, quilts and tops from her own collection.
Hand Piecing Miniature Quilts from Vintage and Reproduction Fabric - Carol teaches hand-piecing techniques that are adapted to miniature or small quilts in this workshop.
Creating Your Own Scottie Collectible - Pieced Scottie block for pillow bases in vintage fabric.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Prairie Point & Quilter's Haven
Blue Valley, Kaw Valley & Greater Kansas City quilt guilds

Workshops & Lectures

Machine Quilting - Beyond the basics.
Advanced Machine Quilting
All on a Bernina - not a longarm.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Kaw Valley Quilt Guild, Ottawa Sunflower Piecemakers, & MoKan Machine Quilters Guild; Quilting Bits & Pieces, Eudroa, KS shop
 

Workshops & Lectures

FULL DAY WORKSHOPS:
Designing with EQ6 - looks at the incredibly powerful quilt designing software of EQ6.
Color for Quilters or Why you Should Trust Your Hunches - explores basic color theory from the quilter's perspective & shows how to develop color confidence drawing on your own instincts & intuition.
Online Quilt Groups & Swap Communities - examines the sociological phenomenon of the ways these groups connect women & perpetuate the art of quilting.
Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilts - looks at the history of the hexagon shape in quilts, its incredible variety & versatility of this wonderful traditional pattern.
Communicating with Quilters - looks at strategies that will improve your relationships with quilters, clients, teachers, students, shop owners & shop customers.
HALF DAY WORKSHOPS:
The 4 Hour Bag - explore simple piecing, basic sewing technique, & lots of color & fabric creativity.
Color Workshop - explore basic color theory for quilters, color schemes for quilts & lots of tips & tricks for picking fabrics for your next project.
Charming Botanicals - super easy techniques for creating gorgeous table top appliqué quilts based on Reeze's Charming Botanicals series of Flower-of-the-Month patterns.
The Blue Willow Teapot - simple design & construction techniques for making an original wall hanging or table topper featuring a machine appliquéd tea pot.
SHOP CLASSES:
Beginning Quilting - 4 or 6 class meetings - covers all the basics from fabric selection to binding.

• Edge-to-edge, freehand and custom quilting
• Binding services, both hand and machine
• Embroidered quilt labels
• Seaming quilt backs

Quilted Memories specializes in memory quilts, wrapping you in the warmth of a quilt! Please let me help you create that one of a kind quilt.

T-Shirt, Photo and Memorial quilts for graduation's, anniversaries, truly any occasion. Let me help your family during the grieving process by creating a quilt from your loved ones clothing, photos, memories, etc.

Guild Affiliations:

Starlight Quilt Guild, Mo-Kan Machine Quilters Guild, International Machine Quilters Assn., ASG

Lectures & Workshops:

Painting on Fabric
Dye Painting & Fabric Painting, Intro. & Comparison
The Growing Garden
Fabric Painting 1
Fabric Painting 2
Fabric Marbling
Free Motion Quilting
Creative Mystery Projects and more
Martha’s approach is fresh, enthusiastic, inspirational, and hands-on.

Workshops & Lectures

Everything Old is New Again - about using vintage linens with current fabrics to create new heirlooms. She also teaches you to use new techniques for time honored talents. For example: machine vs. hand embroidery.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Prairie Quilt Guild of Wichita

Guild & Shop Affiliations:
Sunflower Quilt Shop, Hiawatha, KS
Quilt Lover's Guild, Seneca, KS

Guild & Shop Affiliations:
Kaw Valley Quilter's Guild, American Sewing Guild; Sewing Educators Alliance; Stitch-on, Lawrence, KS
 

Workshops & Lectures

Sewing Basics
Basic Machine Quilting
Stashbust'n PJ pants
Clearing out your Scraps

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Quilters Guild of Parsons

Lectures & Workshops:

• One Male's Viewpoint of the Quilting World

• The Four W's of Mystery Quilts: Who, What, When, Where

• A Summer Quilt: 'Folded Variable Star'

• Curing Curve-a-phobia

• The Ugly Log Cabin

Lectures & Workshops:

The Whole Shebang, in our original fast - paced show, we'll bring out our Sample Quilts and un-roll all our patterns.
Special Quilts Are Easy with MeadowLyon - with our newest quilts and instructions, we'll explore how to use our distinctive patterns.
Specialty: Machine Quilting Patterns

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Prairie Point Quilt Shop - Shawnee, KS and Beadazzler, Overland Park, KS; Bead Renaissance shows; Blue Valley Quilt Guild, Kaw Valley Guild, KC Fiber Guild, Kansas City Bead Society, Kansas Quilters Organization, Missouri State Quilters Guild, and Kansas Art Quilters

Lectures &

Beading Techniques
Crazy Quilting
Denim Duds
Fabric Landscapes
Silk Ribbon Embroidery
Beginning Embroidery
Crazy Quilting

Fabric Boxes
Beginning Silk Ribbon
Advanced Silk Ribbon
Beading on Fabric
Beads and Threads
Brick Stitch Bag
Spiral Bracelet

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Olathe Quilter's Guild, Blue Valley Quilt Guild; Prairie Point Quilt Shop

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Starlight Quilter's Guild; Heartland Quilt Network; Legler Barn Quilters; Kansas Quilters Organization; Missouri State Quilt Guild; National Quilt Association; American Quilters Society; Prairie Point Quilt Shop - Shawnee, KS

Lectures &

Prize Winning Quilts - What Judges Look For
Scraps, Scraps and More Scraps- Trunk show
You Can Too - Personal history Trunk show
Kansas City Star Revisited - about the Kansas City Star Patterns
All Star Review - Trunk show of star quilts with history of pattern
Red, White and Blue - Trunk show of personal collection
Cats Cradle
Double Star Twist
Flowers in my Garden
Flying Geese in the Cabin
Four Garnett Crowns
Friendship Snowball
Grandma Addie's Star
Grandmother's Quilt - postage stamp star
Heartland Star
Kaleidoscope--Large and Small
Kansas Spirit
Maple Leaf
Memory Lane

Morning Star
Mystery Snowball
New Horizons
Old Maid's Puzzle
Potato Chip - one patch
Quick Flying Geese Star Puzzle
Starry Path to Freedom
Stars Over the Pines
Star Steppin'
Seeking the Light
Spooling Around the Logs
Stitch/Flip Bow Tie
Tall Grass Morning Star
Tall Oaks Falling Leaves
Tea Party by the Lake
Traveler's Star
Up and Away to the Future
Victorian Cut Glass
Winged Square
Zingy Log Cabin

Lorraine's first book, Little Lone Star Quilts is available from C & T Publishing.

Lectures &

My Passion for Miniature Quilts - My journey in quilting includes lots of little 2uilts to pass around & suggestions for finding your own passion & creativity.

Every Scrap Quilt Tells a Story - Trunk show of scrap quilts & tops including some miniature scrap quilts. Collect some hints for telling your quilting story in fabric.

Simple Star - Make a lone star quilting using my paper fold & sew technique.

4 Patch Star - This lone star is an easier project designed for all quilters.

Mini Postage Stamp Scrap Quilt - Exchange fabric & learn hits for great scrap Quilts while making this quilt.

Paper Piecing Miniature Blocks - Learn the tricks to making the perfect miniature block.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
American Quilters Society; Heartland Quilt Network; International Quilters Organization; Kansas Quilters Organization; Missouri State Quilters Guild; Kaw Valley Quilt Guild; Austin Area Quilt Guild - Austin, TX; West Michigan Quilt Guild - Grand Rapids, MI; Prairie Point Quilt Shop - Shawnee, KS

Linda's Quilts Appear In: Quilt & Embellish in One Step; Kansas City Quiltmaker’s; Hearts and Flowers

Lectures &

What....is Needle Magic?
Needle Magic? - quilt & embellish in one step
Random Hearts - Appliqué, quilt & embellish in one step
Quilting with Beads - Bead, quilt & embellish in one step
Delightfully Victorian
Fractured Snowballs
Knitting with Fabric
Star Dance
Wild, Wonderful Wedges - The Ultimate Stash Buster
 

Antique Illusions
Chintz Baskets
Elegant Embellishments
Evening Lilies
Flannel or NOT
Fall Shadows
Let the Sun Shine In
Nagano '98
Night Flight
A Novel Idea
Stairway to the Stars
The Weekend Quilt
Skill Improvement Workshops:
Accurate Rotary Cutting
Creating an Heirloom Quilt: Fine Hand Quilting
Machine Piecing with Precision
Picture Perfect Binding

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Kaw Valley Quilters' Guild; Harper's Fabric & Quilt Company

Lectures & Workshops:

Collecting Your Quilt History - Deb will divulge some anecdotes about how she put together her new Kansas City Star book, Quilters' Stories. Together, you will explore ways to gather information. Everyone can collect quilt history.

Published:

Quilting a Poem: Original Designs Inspired by America's Most Beloved Poets, 2003, Kansas City Star Books, with Frances Kite.
Our Favorite Quiltmakers: Susan McCord, 2004, with Barbara Brackman and Shauna Christensen, Sunflower Pattern Co-operative
Quilters' Stories: Collecting History in the Heart of America, spring 2005, Kansas City Star Books

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas quilt study;  American Quilt Study Group, American Quilters Society, Olathe Quilter's Guild and the Nebraska State Guild

Lectures & Workshops:

A Quilt Collector’s Trunk Show - Approximately 25 vintage quilts from Libby’s collection will be shown as she provides information about the origins of the quilt patterns and how to decorate with quilts.
If Quilts Could Talk! - Have you ever seen a signature quilt and wondered who the women were? Libby wondered when she purchased an Album Block quilt with embroidered blocks. Libby will guide you through the thrill of discovery she experienced as she pieced together the history of four generations of the Miller family, abolitionists who migrated from South Carolina to settle in Free State Kansas.
Fabric Postcards
Finishing Your Quilt - Hanging Sleeves and Quilt Labels - Everyone has a quilt story; a special memory, a special quilt, or what remains of one. Libby can help you preserve your quilt’s history with the following services:
Quilt Display ~ Quilts are meant to be seen, not stored away for the next generation. Libby can add a hanging sleeve to your quilt so that it can be hung on the wall for display.
Quilt Labels ~ preserve what is known about your quilt for future generations. Libby will document information known about your quilt on a fabric label sewn onto the back of your quilt.
Quilt Identification ~ Libby will research your quilt, identify the pattern name and probable sources of the pattern and prepare an archival quality document for your records.
Quilt Restoration ~ Does your special quilt need some TLC? Libby will consult with you concerning various alternatives to preserve, restore, or recreate your quilt or quilt fragment.

Amy travels from coast to coast to share her ideas, showcase the work of talented designers and spread inspiration among those who share her passion for the creative arts.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Flower Valley Quilt Guild, Missouri State Quilters Guild, Loose Threads Quit Guild, Quilters Caboodle Quilt Shop, and Cornet Quilt Fabrics

Lectures & Workshops:

Trunk Show: From Polyester to Published
Color for Quilters
Heirloom Machine Quilting
Easy Appliqué Design
Hand Appliqué without Tears
Precision Machine Piecing
Free-motion Heirloom Machine Quilting
Machine Quilting II: Okay, I Can Stipple, Now What?
Color for Quilters
Rose Wreath
Star, Strips & Squares
Strips on Strips
Crazy Squares
Crazy Squares & Strips
Retreat:
Color by Number (one or two-day retreat)

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Mo-Kan Machine Quilters
Sew Bee It, Kearney, MO; MQX, NH; HMQS, Salt Lake City, UT; MQS, Overland Park, KS

Lectures & Workshops:

Stenciling and stamping with inks
Paintstiks
Fabric dying
Art quilts
Color Your Quilt - adding color after your quilt has been quilted
Free motion machine quilting
Quilting for the rest of us - piecing that allows for mistakes using patterns

Lectures & Workshops:

Indian Paint Brush - quick wall hanging for your home.
Red Hat Ladies - wall hanging with embroidery & machine piecing
Let's Trade Cards - fiber artist trading cards
What's Your Bag - take used purses and make it an expression of you.

Lectures & Workshops:
Trunk show, with samples and patterns.

Guild / Shop Affiliations:
AQS; Block-by-Block, Carthage, MO; Bittersweet, Joplin, MO

Guild / Shop Affiliations:
Booneslick Trail Quilters Guild

Her specialty is improving accuracy in machine piecing, rotary cutting, and block construction.

She had taught classes at Harpers, Overland Park, KS; Rabbits' Lair, Rogers, AR; Liberty Quilt Shop and The Greater Kansas City Quilters Guild.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Mo River Quilters, St. Charles; Patches, Etc. (former owner)

Lectures & Workshops

Fabric and Quilt Dating - learn time through color
Redwork - learn embroidery stitches & hear the history
Doll Quilts - make an adorable quilt for you or a doll

100 years of Quiltmaking - a live quilt show with Ann's quilts and yours
How to Evaluate Your Sewing Room - Ann's method with free forms can help you immensely in a time of need
Dolls Quilts-A Small World - Ann's collection and history
Vintage Favorites-Handkerchiefs and Feedsacks - both or separate, see collection and hear history
The Fabric That Ties - see Ann's collection of aprons and their history, plus contest
The Story of Red and White - shows Ann's collections and it's history
Eternal Quilts - how quilts were used in the funeral and burial process in different cultures and religions. What are we doing today?
Award Winning Quilters - based on Ann's book and how you to can be a winner
Missouri Travel and Secrets - based on Ann's book telling stories and tips for rural travel

Guild / Shop Affiliations:
Quilters Guild of Greater Kansas City, Nimbel Thimbles, Mo-Kan Machine Quilters Guild
 

Lectures & Workshops:

Machine quilting
Designing continuous line patterns
Care & maintenance on your machine
So what's the difference in continuous & custom
How do I choose quilting designs for my quilt top

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Nitetime Needlers, Blue Springs, MO

Lectures & Workshops:

Beginning Hand Appliqué - This class focuses on the process and technique as opposed to design and color.
Open Cutwork Appliqué / Hawaiian Style - Class covers the basics of this style, learn how to set-up their block and use needle-turn appliqué, reverse appliqué and the effects of light dimensional additions to designs.
Block of the Month Patterns

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Country Patchwork QG, Booneslick Trail QG, Missouri State Guild, AQS, IQA

Lectures & Workshops:

Competition Quilts
Crazies - Then and Now (new)
Foundation Paper piecing - from her pattern line "Log Cabin Geese", "The Feathered 'T", "Marshall Mystery", "Miniature Pineapple", "Miniature Dutchmans Puzzle", and "Carolyn's Autumn Leaf".
Hand Appliqué
Crazy Quilting
All classes are full day, and include the onion-skin complete pattern. Other workshops can be developed, according to your needs, in appliqué techniques. Betty teaches in a 4 start area from her home.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Susie Q's Quilt Shop, Eureka, MO; Quilted Fox; Thimble & Thread QG; Piecemakers QG; MQS

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Booneslick Trail Quilters Guild, AQSG, NEQM, TNQM (MAQS), IQSG

Lectures & Workshops

LECTURES:
Quilts as American Folk Art-a trip through the rich past of American quilting.
They Didn't Have Much But They Sure Had Plenty-a look at the scrap quilts of our predecessors through the quilts, diaries, & journals of past quilters.
Three Points of View: Historian, Appraiser, and Judge-a look at how quilt are viewed differently & similarly when looking at them through the viewpoint of these three positions.
Creating Sparkling Sets-intended to stimulate new & creative ideas for putting your quilts together with spark & sparkle.
Carrie Hall-"the blocks, the woman, & the work"-insights into the woman who undertook the daunting project of constructing a block from every known & published pattern of her era.
Cheap Tricks-hints & short cuts, especially some really cheap replacements for some of the expansive tools & gadgets we all seem to collect.
English Medallion Quilts-an introduction to the style of quilt first brought to our shores by our English cousins & which had an important early influence of the style quilt popular in the last quart of the 18th Century & the first half of the 19th Century.

WORKSHOPS:
Perkiomen Nine Patch-a variation of the classic nine patch quilt, a traditions in the Perkiomen Valley of Pennsylvania.
Classic English Medallion-an overview of the classic style of English Medallion style quilts.
Masterpiece Lone Star-construct a Lone Star top approximately 60" square, reminiscent of those you admire from the nineteenth century.
Broderie Perse-a technique from the early 19th century which allowed American women to make the most of the very expensive imported chintz decorator fabrics.
Mariner's Compass-no block design holds more fascination than the mariner's compass.  The class combines drafting and construction.
The Fine Art of Hand Quilting-make a sampler of quilting designs in a 15 inch pillow top.  Designed to sharpen your quilting skills, achieve smaller more even stitch & help you develop good quilting.
The Great American Sham-a short course in whole cloth design, both process & project oriented, intended for a bed pillow sham.
The Eternal Triangle-explore the endless options of quilts made essentially from right angle triangles.
Village Commons-an adaptation of the traditional "Boston Commons" pattern.
Creating Sparkling Sets-a design workshop to stimulate new & creative ideas for putting your quilts together with spark & sparkle.
Tricky Hand Piecing-there are some tricks which can make the work go faster.
Basic Pattern Drafting-learn to draft traditional quilt blocks.
Advanced Pattern Drafting-you will learn to draft more complicated designs, including some based on eight pointed star variations.
It's Not a Quilt Until It's Quilted-it is called a quilt in anticipation of quilting, but they never seem to tell you how to get those lovely designs onto your quilt top.

She travels nationally to provide her services to guilds, shops and quilt shows. She has taught at the AQS Show in Paducah, Kentucky, the International Quilt Festivals in Rosemont, Illinois and Houston, Texas, the Appliqué Society Shows, the Machine Quilters Showcases, Innovations and at a variety of guild meeting and quilt shows.  Kathy's areas of expertise include edge treatments on quilts, hand and machine appliqué, crazy quilts, silk ribbon embroidery, Victorian purses, color and design, underwater fish scenes, quilt history and Amish history.

Guild/Shop Affiliations:
Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild (Springfield, MO); As the Needle Turns (appliqué group in Springfield, MO); Show Me Your Stitches (Appliqué Society Chapter in Springfield, MO);
Uncommon Threads (art group in Springfield, MO); American Quilters Society; National Quilting Assoc.; International Quilting Assoc.; The Appliqué Society; The Baltimore Appliqué Society; Professional Assoc. of Appraisers of Quilted Textiles; Quilt Sampler (Springfield, MO)
 

Lectures

Color & Design for Quiltmakers
Simply Amish - their history, lifestyle and quilts - trunk show
Quilts with Great Edges - trunk show
Is There a Winning Quilt in Your Dreams?
How Did I Ever Get Here?
Making Do - Surviving the Great Depression - trunk show
Protecting Tomorrow's Treasures Today - trunk show

Let's Go Fishing (6 hours)
Quilts with Great Edges (6 hours)
Elegant Victorian Purses (6 hours)
Simple Crazy (6 hours)
The Basics of Machine Appliqué (6 hours)
The Basics of Hand Appliqué (6 hours)
Puttin' on the Ritz with Dimensional Appliqué (6 hours)
A Sampler of Crazy Quilt Stitches (3 hours)
The Basics of Hand Quilting (3 hours)
Christmas in Hawaii (3 hours)

Guild & Shop Affiliations:
Flower Valley Guild, Abbey's Sew & Vac

Lectures & Workshops:

Scrap Quilts
Sampler Quilts
Rotary Cutters the Next Generation
Trunk Show