Quilters Calendar & Guild Network

resources for quilt guild volunteers

Texas

Karen Greer

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Victoria, Texas

Loves teaching all ages to sew and create fun things. Conducts children’s sew fun camps each summer and has presented programs to many guilds in Texas. Previously was a Home Ec. teacher and sample maker for a high end garment company. Now an avid quilter who spends time creating items for community service projects and presenting programs for guilds.

Current presentations include repurposing placemats with a trunk show of over 35 examples. Workshops are available also.

Future presentation available in the spring is recycling jeans with numerous examples with workshops also. Willing to travel and makes presentations entertaining and educational.

Contact Karen here- [sewer444] @ gmail.com (remove brackets and spaces)

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

Ann Moore

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Huntsville, Texas 

I am a national quilting instructor and designer for Sew Steady/Westalee who started quilting several years ago after years of making my own clothes.  I enjoy making quilts even more because if the quilt doesn’t fit, just find a different wall or bed.  I love the process of making a quilt from start to finish.  I was blessed to attend classes with an international instructor several years ago and before I knew it I was asked to teach free motion quilting. 

In 2016 while attending Houston Quilt Festival, I discovered Westalee Rulers and became hooked.  Teaching quilting with rulers was a natural progression and many students have indicated that they find ruler work easier and more fun.  Today, I incorporate free motion and ruler work into my quilts and classes and I recently collaborated with Jason Yenter from In the Beginning fabrics designing a pieced quilt with ruler work quilting using his amazing fabric.

I enter my quilts into several shows each year and have won numerous awards including Judge’s Choice, People’s Choice, Best Machine Quilting on a Domestic Machine and Best in Show along with a few 1st Place ribbons.  All of my quilting is done on domestic machines and they are my preference.

My husband Andrew and I live in Huntsville, Texas, and we are grandparents to 5 grandchildren.

I am available for teaching, demonstrating at events and am often a speaker for quilt guilds.  You can find me, and my ruler work classes along with instructional videos on the Sew Steady website and University, where I have several designs and classes to my credit.  I was recently asked to teach my corded binding method after showing a quilt in the Houston International Quilt Festival in 2023. 

The quilt featured knotted corded binding and was very popular. I designed the Corded Binding class for guild workshops and the class can be extended to include ruler work.  I am happy to travel throughout the U.S. and Canada and perhaps internationally although English with a Texas twang is my only language.

Click here to go to Ann’s website- Annmoorequilting.com

Contact Ann here- [annmoorequilting] @ gmail.com (remove brackets and spaces)

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

Ronna Bruce

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Home: Sherman, Texas

Guild To Guild Virtual Teacher

Ronna is a leader in transitioning guild activities to Zoom. She was the mastermind behind moving her guild onto the Zoom platform in March of 2020 and in the use of Facebook for Guilds.

Ronna offers her Facebook Expertise to guilds:

Facebook Groups for Guild Revenue – One hour lecture, or coaching with your guild board, with full demonstration and “How-To” handouts of how to create and use Facebook Groups to hold auctions; sell goods donated to the guild and for members to buy-sell between members. A very affordable guide to get your members motivated and your guild started with Facebook Groups! $150 – 1 hour lecture or coaching session.

Ronna’s presentations are thorough and expertly presented and she patiently answers all questions. She has my highest recommendation! ~Marguerita

Ronna has created some wonderful games for quilt guilds and she shares them on her website – https://sites.google.com/view/ronna-bruce-designs/home?authuser=0

Contact Ronna at rkbruc3 @ gmail.com to book her lecture today!

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

Stephanie Hackney

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Home: Austin, Texas

Stephanie Hackney is a world-traveling branding professional and professional speaker who’s known for her expertise on batting (wadding).

Stephanie has shared her knowledge through lectures at many major quilting industry shows and events, including: Quilt Market, Quilt Festival, Road to California and AQS Spring Paducah (as well as numerous other AQS events).

She has also provided batting education to the members of numerous guilds in North America, as well as to customers of numerous retail stores, and she is often called upon to share this education (and sales training) to industry sales teams.

She serves as the director of sales and marketing for Hobbs Bonded Fibers, an industry leader in non-woven textiles manufacturing, and has made it her mission to provide quilters, sewers and crafters with the knowledge they need to choose the best batting option(s) to garner the results they desire in their quilted, sewn and crafted projects.

The lecture she offers, ‘Batting: What’s Inside Matters,’ is presented via a 1-hour lecture and customization of the information is possible.

For more information on Stephanie’s professional background, please visit her LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniehackney

Please let Stephanie know that you found her on The Quilters Calendar.

Kathryn Groves

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Home: Leander, Texas

BobKat Quilts is ZOOM’ing ahead!

An educator for more than 40 years, Kathy brings her love of quilting, teaching and problem solving to the classroom as a Judy Neimeyer Quiltworx Instructor. From lectures to demonstrations, classes, workshops and retreats, Kathy will happily work with you to create the custom experience for you and your students. Here’s her list: https://bobkatquilts.com/services-3/

 For the past decade, Kathy has enjoyed sharing her love of quilt making with guilds and shops across the Midwest.  Then, in January of 2019 she moved to Texas!  And in the spring of 2020, she has gone nationwide!  Thanks to her history as a software instructor, our current stay-at-home situation provided Kathy with an opportunity to meld her computer experience with her love of teaching quilt making.

 In May of 2020 – Kathy moved from the brick and mortar classroom to the virtual classroom ….  ZOOM.  Her first class had more than 20 students and it went great!  Visit her on Facebook (BobKat Quilts) or at her website to see what her students have to say about their ZOOM experience.  Whether you represent a guild looking for a presenter with ZOOM capabilities or you are a student wanting to take a class…  BobKat Quilts and Zoom is the perfect answer!

 Visit Kathy at BobKat Quilts at www.bobkatquilts.com where you can learn about the classes currently on her calendar.  Or Kathy would love to talk to you about the perfect ZOOM presentation and workshop or to be featured at your guild or through your shop or retreat.

I have heard a very, very favorable review from a trusted guild member regarding how much they enjoyed Kathy’s program and how proficient she was with Zoom technology. ~Marguerita

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

Jen Eskridge

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Bleach effect Home: Helotes, Texas

Jen started sewing in 1993 on an old burnt yellow, Harvest Gold, Singer sewing machine.  Her mother taught the basics.  Jen made her first quilt in 1993.  She didn’t use any books or templates, and that poor quilt eventually fell apart.  It was recycled, though, into a curtain, duct taped over a dorm room window.

Fast forward a bit:  Jen earned a Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design in 1998 from Louisiana State University.  By 2003, she found herself quilting and sewing for her own company, ReannaLily Designs.  During that time, Jen also taught quilting at a national crafting store.  The website and company was launched in 2007.

Jen has traveled the world gathering inspiration and ideas for designs and patterns.  From Korea, and China, Japan, to North America, England and France, she has found many cultural and historical elements to guide her interest and creativity. It was in South Korea, while shopping at fabric manufacturer’s mill markets that Jen decided to apply her Apparel Design Degree to her very own quilting and sewing pattern company, ReannaLily Designs.

Once she returned to the United States in summer 2008, Jen launched the company with the trademarked Seamingly Accurate Seam Guide and commissioned sewing jobs. The company has evolved into a pattern and design company in addition to its humble sewing beginnings.

Jen Eskridge is the author of three books: Deploy That Fabric by C&T Publishing; Learn to Sew Easy by Leisure Arts; Hexagons Made Easy by Martingale Press/That Patchwork Place. Jen’s designs have been featured in multi-author books, as well as, over 20 magazines. Jen has been featured in numerous magazines, Sew It All TV and Pat Sloan’s Radio show for her design work.

To see her lectures and workshops, please visit Jen’s Website

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

Debbie Maddy

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Home: Graham, Texas

I love fabric, sewing—and quilters! I design patterns for quilts that are visually stunning but easy to make. Since 1993, I’ve also shared my enthusiasm for quilting with others through teaching, near my home in Graham, Texas, and throughout the country.

In my simple, accurate No Diamonds / No “Y” Seams technique, there are no fussy bias edges and all the quilt assembly is done with straight-line sewing. Instructions are written in an easy-to-follow style, with cutting, layout and piecing diagrams to ensure success. Using my patterns, novice quilters can confidently make beautiful old-style quilts, while experienced quilters can enjoy fast, easy piecing with striking results.

Visit Debbie’s Website

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