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Sandy Fitzpatrick

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Home: Cary, North Carolina

Sandy Fitzpatrick of Hissyfitz Designs is an applique quilt pattern designer whose goal is to get as many of the quirky designs, that are spinning around in her head, down on paper for you to enjoy! 

Her fusible applique patterns are full of whimsy and will certainly bring a smile to your face.  Sandy strives to make her full-sized patterns easy to follow and fun to make.  Her classes, which focus on machine applique and free-motion quilting are equally fun. 

Having lived in many places as she and her husband moved around with the Air Force, Sandy currently lives in Cary, North Carolina. Her lectures and workshops are always an informative, fun experience. View her line of patterns and laser cut kits at www.HissyfitzDesigns.com

Sandy presents and teaches via Zoom! Here are some short descriptions, in her own words. For more workshop and presentation information, please visit Sandy’s website:

My most popular workshop is, “You Choose the Project”. Students are allowed to choose any of my applique designs for this fusible machine applique class. I also offer a Free-Motion Quilting workshop to help you reduce that pile of UFOs you have lying around in your sewing studio. 

Zoom Lectures:

My most popular lecture is, “Why Didn’t I Think of That?”  – Tips, tricks, and shortcuts to make your sewing and quilting easier and more enjoyable. How to sew a sleeve to your quilt quickly and easily, tricks to add dimension to your quilts, and organizational tips.

Free-Motion Fun and Facts – Ideas and inspiration to help you along the path of a wonderful, relaxing free-motion experience. How to set up your sewing area and taking the fear out of your quilting.

Facebook:  www.Facebook.com/HissyfitzDesigns

Instagram:  www.Instagram.com/hissyfitzdesigns

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

Diane L Murtha

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Home: Iowa

Diane is a Zoom-ready Quilter, Fiber Artist, Teacher and Lecturer with enthusiasm to spare!

Quilting for over 30 years, she gravitated to art quilts 10 years ago. Her quilts and articles are in several books and magazines. Her quilts also travel nationally/internationally in multiple special exhibits, including Houston’s International Quilt Festival and Paducah’s National Quilt Museum.

Diane completely reinvigorated her love of quilting since she started doing Challenge quilt projects. The Challenge rules encourage her to try new things, learn new techniques, make mistakes, AND keep trying! Diane shares this enthusiasm and excitement in ALL of her Lectures & Workshops! It doesn’t matter if you are a traditional quilter, modern, or art quilter – we all can learn from challenging ourselves. Diane will inspire and encourage you to do just that through any of her lectures and workshops!

She has 3 Virtual Lectures and several workshops available.  Here are two:

Challenge I – Accept the Challenge Lecture – An informative and humorous perspective on my quilt challenge experiences, including a trunk and slide show. I’ll discuss what I’ve learned from the various challenges, other ways to challenge yourself and sources of inspiration. And most importantly how challenges can expand your quilting skills and inspire all your quilting!  It’s Super popular – with wide audience appeal. You will laugh and hopefully be inspired.

Modified Quilt As You Go Workshop –  A great technique for anyone intimidating by quilting a large quilt or for quilting in small spaces like retreats, condos, or for me, my RV.  This class yields perfectly quilted blocks embellished with a variety of applique options. Quilting thru each block and batting individually makes quilting easy for both new and experienced quilters alike – no bulk or awkward struggling with a large sandwiched quilt.  This technique can be used to create any size quilt that can be appliqued in endless options. So much fun! 

Please visit my website for more details: https://www.dianeLmurtha.com

Instagram: dianeLmurtha

Contact Diane via email at dlmurtha2018 @ gmail.com [remove spaces]

I’d be honored to speak or teach to your guild or small group of friends. I hope to hear from you.  Until then – Stay Safe and Happy Quilting Thanks 

Please let Diane know that you found her on The Quilters Calendar!

It is my pleasure to recognize the outstanding job Diane Murtha did in presenting two of her Zoom workshops for our Guild.

Diane’s workshop  “Quilt as You Go“ was our first venture into virtual interactive Zoom meetings. Due to Diane’s leadership and technical knowledge, it was an unexpectedly delightful and stress free experience.

Diane is an engaging, personable and talented instructor. Her desire to ensure all participants are successful was evident in her pre-class instructions, preparation and planning. The individual attention she gave each student made us feel she was there right with us. She also provided the resources to be sure that we had everything we needed during the class. Aside from learning new skills she made the intimidating world of virtual classes fun and by the end of the class we felt we were physically all in the same space.

Our guild has taken additional classes from Diane and look forward to more offerings from her.
Diane Murtha’s  was very easy to work with: responding quickly to emails and following up on questions/concerns. Diane has set a high bar for all the instructors who follow.

She opened up an important world for us.  As a small Guild in the middle of the Pacific Ocean we can now access high-quality instructors without having the expense of their traveling to Hawaii. As you can tell, we highly recommend Diane Murtha.
        Mahalo.                 Maui Quilt Guild       Dian Gruber past VP/Program Chair

Diane Murtha’s Zoom lecture on Challenge Quilts was a real delight. I will admit to laughing out loud at several points as she shared a number of her “failures.” Such an important and humbling lesson for all of us. I laughed and ooh’ed so much that my husband asked me the next morning, “Who were you talking to?” While it would have been nice to be in person to hear a loud and appreciative audience, the Zoom format worked extremely well. Diane knows what’s she’s doing with technology, with quilting, and with engaging an audience. I recommend her highly. ~Elizabeth Bell, Vice-President for Programming, Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Brandon