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Michelle Umlauf

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Home: Sabillasville, Maryland.

Michelle Umlauf began her sewing career as a freelance National Educator for Sulky of America, Clover, and formerly Baby Lock.  She teaches at popular expos nationwide, in her local community and online.  Quilt guilds hold a special place in her heart because of the personal connections that are made during an event.

I have a quirky wit and coined my program brochure as “Spools & Tools”.  After all, that has been my area of expertise for nearly 15 years.  

Lately, the most popular program is “Spools & Tools for Quilters.”   Guilds members love notions.  I demonstrate how to use them and set up an area for you to handle them.  Plus, I bring eye candy for you to enjoy.  Members haven’t heard of some of the notions, can’t find them or have something, but don’t know how to use it!  As a lecture, you will enjoy learning all about the amazing notions that make the quilt making process easier, faster and more accurate without disrupting the enjoyment it gives you.  In a hands-on workshop, I bring my “School Box” filled with almost everything you need to make a couple small projects just for the fun of it.  I love watching you test driving the “spools and tools”,  and discovering what works for you and help you when it doesn’t.  Clover has a lot of wonderful sewing notions, and I’m prepared to tell you about many of them.  You will find that I tend to over-deliver because I am very passionate and enthusiastic about you, and giving you the best of me.

My experience has afforded me the opportunity to become well-versed in everything from hand embroidery to machine machine embroidery.  Recently, I have taken an interest in mixed media, art quilts sprinkled with a bit of hand embroidery. I contributed a piece of my work in the book Photo Memory Quilts by Lesley Riley.  

You can sign up for my newsletter and get to know me and discover UFO Friday, a monthly meeting I host online.

My husband and our fur family enjoy traveling across the country and camping, so no place is off-limits.

Website:  Sewing Machine Artistry

Instagram: Sewing Machine Artistry

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Email:  [Michelle] @ SewingMachineArtistry. com (remove brackets and spaces)

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

Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill

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Home: Connecticut, USA

Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill is a designer, quilt pattern publisher, award-winning quilter, educator and creative entrepreneur. As a trained and practicing graphic designer, her quilts start with a concept and research shapes the design. Her work is inspired by her everyday life and experiences. Sheri strives to enhance people’s everyday lives through beautiful meaningful design. Through sharing her work and teaching, she loves to empower and inspire others to enjoy the process of making.

Sheri’s quilts have gained international recognition, including awards from Quilt Week/Paducah, QuiltCon, International Quilt Festival, the Quilt Alliance and the Modern Quilt Guild. Additionally, her work has been featured at art centers and galleries around the country. Her work has been included in books and publications such as Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century, Modern Patchwork and International Quilt Festival Scene. She self-publishes and distributes her quilt patterns, which can be found at quilt shops throughout the country and online. She also gives presentations/trunk shows and teaches nationally.

In 2017, she created and filmed two segments for Fresh Quilting, a new public television show co-produced by the Modern Quilt Guild and KS Productions. In 2016, she was awarded the first annual Craftsy Quilt Designer Fellowship.

In 2015, Sheri founded Whole Circle Studio, LLC. Whole Circle Studio specializes in the design of custom modern quilts, patterns and other licensed products. Learn more about Sheri, her work and program offerings at Whole Circle Studio and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wholecirclestudio/

Sheri is offering online and virtual presentations for guilds!

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

Mel Beach

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Home: San Jose, California

Mel Beach is a San Jose, CA based quilt artist, teacher and lecturer, who breaks away from tradition by adding her own modern, beautifully textured and colorful twists. She loves stretching her creativity through her completion of 60+ quilt challenges at the local and international level. Her quilt challenge entries draw upon her inquisitive nature of asking “What If?”, working in a series, comedy improv studies along with her love of nature, photography and sketching.

Many of her challenge quilts have been exhibited locally, juried into national quilt shows and traveling exhibits, published in books/magazines, earned awards/ribbons and selected as Finalists.

She is an Aurifil Artisan and a Featured Artist on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims (episode 2112).

Mel is an industry leader in online teaching for guilds. She works closely with many guilds, including the Studio Art Quilt Association and the Northern California Quilt Council, to bring the best possible learning experience to her students. ~Marguerita

Multi-Media Lectures/Trunk Shows: Quilt challenges, fabric dyeing and free-motion quilting.

Quilting Workshops: Pebble & Play!, Mod Molas & Bright Blooms, Magnificent Mandalas, Walking Foot WOW.

Modern Design Workshops: Slice of Improv, Free Styling & Spiraling, Mod Mandalas, Intriguing Interleaves, Improv, Improv Piecing, Improvisational.

See more about Mel on her website Mel Beach Quilts.  Please let Mel know you found her on The Quilter’s Calendar!

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

Tammy Silvers

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Home: Acworth Georgia, USA

I design under the label Tamarinis, and specialize in – well, pretty much fun, inspiring projects. Guided improv and paper piecing patterns offer a modern spin on classic designs.

I am a Certified Studio 180 instructor, offering Tucker University sessions, as well as lectures, classes and workshops on Studio 180 tools, techniques and patterns and a certified Aurifilosopher. I teach regularly at Stitch’n Quilt, in Mableton GA.

I have been published in several quilting magazines and have multiple fabric lines with Island Batik.

My lecture options, supported with tons of quilt examples, focus on color and fabric choices, and how selections can transform a project.

Interrogating Your Quilt:
Don’t be nice about it – force that fabric to talk to you! Get the real info on how it can work for you to help you achieve your “quilt” vision. This humor-laden lecture focuses on getting the most from your fabric choices and how fabric can (and does) influence the finished quilt! Supported by plenty of quilt examples from my retinue of quilts – good and bad!

Seeing Double:
Ever wonder – what would this quilt look like if I made it in another color way? If I used plaids and stripes instead of florals? Well, I can’t tell you what EVERY quilt would look like, but we can explore some practical examples together! In a fun format, we will compare quilts made in florals versus batiks, reproduction fabrics versus crisp modern prints, brights versus pastels. Gather inspiration and insight into the choices for your next project!

Auriphilosophy Lecture

Aurifilosophy is…
— The search for Knowledge and Truth, especially about the nature and behavior of Aurifil thread.
— A program designed to unlock the mysteries of thread, educate, inspire, and enable all users to achieve brilliant results.

We’ve trained and certified a team of dynamic, charismatic, and brand-loyal designers, artisans, and educators to offer Aurifilosophy using a structured presentation and thread demonstration. Aurifilosophers will cover thread basics, including information on weight and ply, spool positioning, needle recommendations, and tension settings. They’ll offer helpful tips and tricks, share projects and photos aimed to inspire and expand your use of Aurifil threads, and will gift each program attendee with a bag of exclusive Aurifil swag!

I offer many different workshops including online presentations focusing on a variety of techniques, including paper piecing, guided improv and faux curved piecing methods. You can see my patterns and workshops at www.tamarinis.com.

My Brochure – [ddownload id=”6400″]

Contact Email me at tamarinisquilts @ gmail.com or info @ tamarinis.com to come teach for your guild, or give me a call at area code Four Zero Four 388-9820 [Eastern Time Zone]. Please let Tammy know you found her on The Quilter’s Calendar!

To The Point – A Guided Improv Quilt

 

18 Sound Waves

Cindy Grisdela

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Home: Reston, Virginia, USA. Online classes for guilds, as well as presentations, are available!

Cindy is the author of Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion Quilting.

Cindy specializes in improvisational piecing and free motion quilting. She offers a variety of classes, both technique based and project based, using improv techniques to help quilters explore their own creativity. She also offers trunk shows on using color effectively and combining stitch patterns to create compelling quilts.

Cindy’s work was featured in Quilting Arts TV’s season 2100 on curved piecing and improv log cabin blocks. Find out more about Cindy by visiting her website.

Cindy is experienced in offering online classes, presentations, workshops specifically for guilds. Be sure to check her website for more details. ~Marguerita

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

Reeze Hanson

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Home: Ottawa, Kansas, USA

Reeze Hanson is a prolific designer, entertaining speaker, and an award-winning teacher whose company, Morning Glory Designs, features an eclectic variety of whimsical florals and bold geometrics. Reeze teaches and lectures widely on one-patch quilt techniques, offering both traditional and modern methods geared toward the busy/working quilter. Her floral applique work features machine applique shortcuts and tips to make beautiful quilts in less time, without sacrificing accuracy. Reeze also teaches all levels of EQ8, quilt design software. A sewer, quilter, and custom dressmaker for more than 50 years, and a retired college professor, Reeze has lots of experience, wisdom, and humor to share. To check on availability see Reeze’s calendar.

For guilds seeking a presenter, Reeze travels extensively, and offers:

  • Sacred Geometry in Quilting- From Fibonacci to Fiber Art.
  • It’s da BOM: Block of the Month Revolution – or how to (not) finish a quilt in a year.
  • Quilt Stories – Everybody has one!
  • Color Confidence for Quilters
  • Inspiration is in the air.
  • Runner up: From Bureau Cloth to Candle mat.  
  • One Patch Quilt Renaissance.
  • Digital Design: what is EQ8 and how digital design has transformed quilt-making.
  • Odd Blocks – Settings that Rock.

Reeze also offers workshops in machine applique, precision piecing, curved piecing without pins, project classes featuring precuts, and all levels of EQ8 quilt design software.

Visit her Website for more about her and her presentations: www.morningglorydesigns.com and her blog: www.blog.morningglorydesigns.net

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

Jenny Lyon

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Home: Sacramento area of California

Jenny is the author of Free Motion Quilting, From Ordinary to Extraordinary.

Jenny travels to teach and lecture on the joy of free motion quilting on a domestic machine. She teaches at major international shows as well as quilt guilds and shops across the country. She is currently entering into training to judge quilt shows as well.

Her work has been shown at the Houston, Paducah, PIQF and other shows, as well as in juried SAQA exhibits and has received numerous ribbons.

“Encouraging, supportive and fun”. Jenny’s mission is to guide her students to find their own free motion quilting joy, and chocolate may be involved.

Jenny offers a variety of free motion quilting workshops that are both technique and project based, designed to release the angst of free motion quilting and find the joy! She has created a “Sloppy Woppy Free Motion Quilting” curriculum that makes quilting approachable and fun!

Her trunk shows feature her unique style in quilts, garments, and whole cloth creations. Jenny was a featured guest on The Quilt Show (#2404) and two seasons of Quilting Arts TV season 2000/2100 and 3011 and has authored articles for various quilting magazines.

Learn more about Jenny, her art and teaching opportunities at her website. Please note, Jenny is also now offering virtual presentations as well.

Visit Jenny’s Website The Quilt Skipper for more about Jenny!

Visit Jenny on YouTube- Jenny Lyon

And here is Jenny’s YouTube Intro-

Contact Jenny here- [jenny] @ quiltskipper.com (remove brackets and spaces) to get a class scheduled right away.

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