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Lori Dickman

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Home: Rockford, Illinois, USA

Lori will help you turn quilting challenges into joyful experiences that will inspire you to “Create!” Her positive attitude and clear instructions empower quilters to tackle their projects with confidence and joy.

Her personal “© Speedy Solutions”– to Cut, Sort, Organize, Store and USE your stash — offer solutions with engaging, easy-to-follow techniques and strategies!

Lori teaches & conducts workshops at quilt guilds, quilt shows, quilt shops, and on quilt cruises. She currently offers 5 virtual lectures and 7 virtual workshops that cover a multitude of subjects, and she continues to add more classes as she develops new techniques and patterns. Her Virtual 1-Hour Lectures are $400 each; her Virtual Workshops range from $450-$600 for 3-to-6-hour workshops. (Check out her website
https://quiltingwithlori.com for more detailed information. Email Lori at: quiltingwithlori@gmail.com.

Lori’s very popular “Speedy Solutions to Cut & Organize Your Scrap Stash” Lecture (and Book Set) covers her step-by-step techniques to create gorgeous scrappy quilts.

Her corresponding ‘scrappy’
workshop, “Scrap Up Your Stash – the Speedy Way!” is a very poplar lecture/workshop combination that many guilds from across the nation and other countries have enjoyed!

She loves to share her extensive knowledge and passion for quilting with quilters everywhere! Her engaging style, practical tips, and infectious enthusiasm make her classes & tutorials a hit among quilters of all levels. To see Lori’s techniques and tips in action, watch and enjoy over 300 of her engaging and informative quilting video tutorials on her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@quiltingwithlori

Email Lori at: quiltingwithlori@gmail.com.

Please watch Lori’s YouTube Feature Video link

Please let Lori know you found her on The Quilter’s Calendar!

Carol Wilhoit

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Home: Wheaton, Illinois

Carol loves making quilts that incorporate many different fabrics and she enjoys machine quilting (walking foot, free motion, and quilting with metallic thread.)  She enjoys making small quilted projects such as runners, tote bags, zipper bags and pincushions.  Small projects facilitate play with color, design and new techniques with minimal investment in time and materials.  

Carol likes to find ways to make the quilt construction process easier while producing better results. She has also refined techniques for building, organizing, and using a stash that make it a joy to have and to use.  She has been teaching quilting classes for more than a dozen years.  She loves sharing her ideas with others and encouraging students as they try new projects and techniques. She teaches both online and in-person, for quilt guilds and quilt shops, and at quilt shows.  

Get your Stash Together:  Organization for Quilters

Some quilters find that their fabric stash, scraps, quilting tools, books and magazines have become a burden, as they don’t have a good way to manage these precious resources. Knowing how to approach the task helps transform the dreaded stash into a collection that is a delight to use. This lecture provides many practical ideas for making your fabric, tools, thread, books, and magazines readily accessible. Topics include how to fold and store fabric so that it’s easy to view and locate, labeling, using your computer as a tool, and many ideas for actually using your stash. 

Infinite Opportunity:  Quilts Hidden in Your Stash

As quilters, we love to collect beautiful fabrics – yet we don’t always know how to put them all together to make quilts that we love.  The term “scrap quilt” may bring to mind the use of leftovers that don’t look particularly good together.  By contrast, while STASH quilts utilize your stash and scraps, they contain thoughtfully selected materials, and look BETTER because of the variety – not tired because they were created just to use up fabrics.  The lecture addresses several key design principles that make multi-fabric quilts work and includes pairs of quilts to show the impact of incorporating these considerations. Multiple examples of color combinations are provided to give ideas for selecting and using fabrics from your stash to make fabulous multi-fabric quilts. 

Learn more about Carol and find out about her classes and lectures on her Website at : Carol Quilts

Visit Carol’s Instagram page: Carol Quilts 123

Contact Carol via Email: carolquilts123 @ gmail.com [remove spaces]

Be sure to tell Carol that you found her on The Quilters Calendar!

Dana Jones

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Home: Gilpin County, Colorado

After too many years of dreaming about making quilts, I decided it was time to live into that dream in 2003. I began taking classes and attending quilt shows whenever possible.In 2007, I began teaching.

In 2009, I moved to Colorado where I landed a job as an editor with Quilters Newsletter magazine, and less than a year later, I was running the magazine. I also had the opportunity to do a two-year stint as editor of the SAQA Journal (Studio Art Quilt Associates) before stepping down from that position to research and write my book, Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. I spent several years on the road telling the amazing story of the more than 100 women and men on this tiny, 13-acre Philippine island.

I was honored to assist in mounting exhibitions of the island quilts at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky; the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles in San Jose, California; and Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado.

I now live at 9,200 feet in Colorado in the Rocky Mountains where I watch the wild critters from my quilt studio that faces Mount Thorodin. I enjoy designing and making quilts and teaching others to do so. And I enjoy speaking and writing about quiltmaking and quiltmakers.

I have a special passion for foundation piecing so many of my quilts and classes incorporate that technique. I’m also addicted to insetting circles and find great joy when I help others see how easy it is to do.

I’m a regular teacher at multiple quilt shops in Colorado and have taught at Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.

Most popular booking is my lecture: Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. You’ll be transported to a tiny island — just 13 acres — in the central Philippines as you enjoy images and stories of the colorful quilts and quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. You’ll see photos of more than 50 of these handmade, one-of-a-kind quilts plus be introduced to the unique techniques developed by these quiltmakers whose tools are simply fabric and scissors, needle and thread. I spent more than a month on the island, quilted with the women and men, went fabric shopping with them on nearby Cebu Island, and snorkled the reef that surrounds Caohagan. Those who view the quilts come away smiling, inspired by the creativity of these islanders. (Flexible/Under $400)

My most popular workshop is Peace Cranes Over Hiroshima. You’ll learn a lot about color value, which is key to creating this quilt’s three-dimensional look. The pattern and foundations for the quilt are included in the class fee. I designed and made “Peace Cranes Over Hiroshima” after a visit to the peace park that is at the epicenter of the World War II atomic bombing site in Hiroshima, Japan. This foundation-pieced quilt is based on an Origami folded peace-crane image from the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. 

Find out more about Dana on her website: https://www.danajonesquilts.com/ and be sure to tell Dana that you found her on The Quilters Calendar!

Nancy Prince

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Home: Orlando, Florida

Nancy is an award winning thread painting quilt artist, author and international quilting teacher. Twenty one years ago she was looking for a way to add dimension and more interest to her quilts and to her delight that was when she discovered thread painting.

Nancy has won numerous quilting awards with her competitive quilts including Best of Show at the International Quilt Festival in Houston as well as Best of World at the Mancuso show in New England. Her most favorite awards have been the 20 plus Viewer’s Choice awards at various national shows.

Nancy’s anyone-can-do-it teaching attitude has encouraged students for the past 18 years. She is totally addicted to thread painting and her enthusiasm in workshop is contagious! Students comment on her commitment to her one-on-one attention and her upbeat attitude. She excels in taking the mystique out of thread painting making it easy for anyone to master.

Nancy has used camera technology for the past 18 years in her on-site workshops and she now uses the same technology for her Zoom workshops. The camera technology gives an up-close view of each machine demo of the project assuring that students have a front row seat in all workshops. Color slides are used after each sewing machine demo to augment the thread painting demo assuring the student has a good grasp on each step.

Nancy offers traditional on-site workshops as well as virtual workshops. Nancy has had much success transferring from on-site to virtual workshops due to her attention to detail and perseverance in learning the “Zoom curve”. She enjoys interacting with her students throughout the day. Fun and laughter are main components in her classroom as well as sharing the knowledge she has acquired over the past 21 years. Students in Zoom workshops at Road to California and other shows have commented
on how well her Zoom workshops are organized.

Workshop: Thread Painted Landscapes Woodlands – Nancy is known for her Thread Painted Landscapes and the Woodlands version is no exception. This workshop starts with custom printed fabric which virtually guarantees success right from the start. Teaching her thread painting techniques is paramount in all workshops. Of course thread is the main star but weight of thread, importance of value in thread selection, thread manufacturers, solid thread vs variegated are all topics of discussion. Kits are a part of each workshop and students comment on the attention to detail in her step-by-step color illustrated booklet included with each kit. This workshop like most of Nancy’s workshop is geared toward all levels of experience.

Lecture: Some 20 plus years ago Nancy picked up a little wooden hoop, a piece of stabilizer and some thread and that moment sent her on a totally unexpected yet enjoyable journey. With all these years of making thread painted quilts, there is a story to tell. The lecture will demonstrate her thread painting techniques, some fun and humorous stories and lastly a trunk slide show of quilts from her first thread painted quilt to her latest competitive quilt.

Nancy would love to share thread painting or thread sketching with your guild. To learn more about Nancy visit her website at www.nancyprince.com To view Nancy’s virtual workshops please go to http://www.nancyprince.com/workshop-lectures/virtual
Email: Nancy @ NancyPrince.com
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwNrpzp5G3CMG4Ah6j_e1Q.
Nancy’s Quilt Gallery: http://www.nancyprince.com/quilt-gallery/nancys-quilts

Be sure to tell Nancy that you found her on The Quilters Calendar!

Julia McLeod

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Home: San Francisco Bay Area, California

Author of ‘Patchwork Luxe’ from C&T publishing, Julia McLeod specializes in making quilts from neckties, kimonos, sari silks and other reclaimed textiles. Her mission is to give quilters the confidence and techniques to cut into their treasured textiles and make beautiful quilts.


Visit Julia’s website for details of her fun and informative lectures and workshops.

Learn more about Julia on her website: https://juliamcleodquilts.com/ .

Be sure to tell Julia that you found her on The Quilters Calendar!

Joyce Hughes

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Home: Kintnersville, Pennsylvania

Joyce Hughes  is an award-winning self-taught quilter, fiber artist, and author. Her first quilt was a tee-shirt quilt, which she enjoyed making, but felt limited in the ability to express her artistic capabilities. Within several months, she began to design pictorial landscape quilts using raw edge applique, thread painting, and a variety of embellishments. Never knowing the “rules” she broke a lot of them, but with exciting results!

Amazingly, her first art quilt, “Mother’s Day”, was entered into a national show and won a blue ribbon. This has led to numerous awards, recognitions, and opportunities in the quilting world. Several proud accomplishments for Joyce are: “McCall’s Quilt Designer 2012 – Professional Category” for McCall’s Quilting Magazine; also an endorser and sample maker for Northcott and Timeless Treasures fabrics, and Ambassador for Mettler Threads and Brother Sewing.

Currently, Joyce has a second book, Thread Paint A Garden Quilt (released October 2020) focusing on raw edge applique and thread painting to add shading, highlighting, and definition. Joyce’s first book, Creating Art Quilts with Panels is about working with Fabric Panels to create dimension and texture with threads and embellishments, creating a style of her own! Joyce loves to teach and share her tips. One of her greatest accomplishments is when a student creates their own artwork following Joyce’s technique of Dimensional Thread Painting!

Lecture Description:

“My Journey into Quilting”… It is a very open and inspiring talk about how Joyce started in quilting, leading into Art Quilts with Thread Painting, finishing with ideas to use with Panels as Art Quilts. 

Join the many people who leave very excited to try something new with their quilting . Joyce’s  main subject matter will be working with fabric panels. Showing many “Before and after” Art Quilts. Exploring how panels will be able to be used on your personal projects. Many panels are looked at and passed over. Joyce often here’s, “What do you do with this”, it’s so big, the colors are dull, etc., etc.  With a little embellishing and/or thread painting on the fabric, it soon becomes a piece of art.

 Learn about the preparation of the Panel for a project, the freedom of using thread painting and showing that layering thread lets you achieve different effects on the quilts. Then, add embellishments of ribbon, markers, paint, crystals, etc., The Panel is now unique and one of a kind!

Class Description:

Want to learn Dimensional Thread Painting but you think it is too hard. I often hear, “I am not creative and can my Machine do this? etc., etc., Yes, You are Creative and Yes, you can do this on your Domestic Sewing Machine!!! 

In this class you will start with a Beautiful Panel to Create a piece of Art! You will learn the proper steps of Dimensional Thread Painting and find it to be a fun and creative technique. Explore the various thread selection, setting up your machine for stitching techniques with free motion quilting of zig zag and straight stitching, bobbin work and embellishing with netting and crystals. See the fabric come to life as you sew and layer the threads on top of your design. You will use Thread as Paint –sew with different types of threads and color combinations.  Learn how to create interesting texture and dimension to your quilting project. You will leave with a full knowledge of Dimensional Thread Painting and create a One of Kind piece of Art!

Learn more about Joyce on her website www.JoyceHughesOriginals.com and contact her at joyhughes1 @ verizon.net [remove spaces]

Please tell Joyce that you found her on The Quilters Calendar!

Beth Sullivan

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Beth Sullivan of Beth Sullivan Designs lives in Bellingham, MA with her husband and three teenagers.

After making her first T-shirt quilt for herself in 2000, she started making them for friends and family. When her children were born she turned it into a part time and eventually full time business. She has now made over a thousand T-shirt and memory quilts in her career.

Beth specializes in using unique materials in memory quilts. Her motto is that if it can be washed, sewn and made to lie flat, it can usually go in the quilt. After answering hundreds of questions about T-shirt quilts from quilter friends for many years, she now lectures and teaches classes in the planning and construction of these unique quilts. Lectures and classes are available in person or virtually via Zoom. 

LECTURE: Quilts to a Tee: Using T-Shirts and Unique Clothing in Quilts 
This one-hour lecture for guilds and groups is designed to provide inspiration and guidance for quilters who are thinking about tackling a T-shirt or memory quilt.  It is available in person or virtual via Zoom. Quilt samples and photos are used to show how quilters can expand the possibilities of the conventional T-shirt quilt to include anything that can be washed, sewn and made to lie flat. The design and construction of a variable layout quilt is discussed as well as the use of partial seams in construction of unique quilt designs. Using interesting items is a focal point of the lecture as well including the use of sweaters, jeans, ties, bibs, bathing suits, baby clothes, and many other cloth items. (Pricing: $275 ($225 if booked with a workshop)) [January 2021 pricing]

CLASS: T-Shirt Quilt Starter Workshop (3 hours, maximum of 12 students)
In this 3-hour class, students will learn how to design their own T-shirt quilt based on the unique clothing items they have. They will learn how to prep T-shirts and other clothing for use in quilting including rough cutting, fusing, and final cutting. They will design their own T-shirt quilt including their own layout plan, tackle unique items, and start on the T-shirt prep. They will not be able to sew at this class but will finish with an understanding of what they need to do when they start sewing, with the unique plan in place and a good start at block prep. This class is offered in person or virtual via Zoom. 

Find out more about Beth on her website http://www.bethsullivandesigns.com/ and contact her beth @ bethsullivandesigns.com

Be sure and tell Beth that you found her on The Quilters Calendar!