JEN ALEXANDER
Bountiful, UT
jen@quilttopstop.com

Jen is an award-winning quilter who has been professionally machine quilting since 2004. She started teaching machine quilting and machine maintenance in 2006 to quilters of all skill levels. Jen began selling A-1 Quilting Machines in 2007. She loves what she does because of the creativity and the people she gets to work with. Jen lives in Utah with her husband, JC, and their three children, ages 7-17 years. www.quilttopstop.com

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RENAE ALLEN
Brigham City, UT
renae@rgadesignquilts.com

Renae has been teaching machine quilting for 13 years and is well known for her Skillbuilder products. Renae's business, RGA Design, evolved from her passion for teaching and love of fabric, sewing, and quilting. Renae has taught and presented around the country, helping newcomers and old timers develop machine quilting skills. She holds a U.S. patent for her printed fabric teaching method, and she has also designed fabric for Henry Glass & Company. www.rgadesignquilts.com

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BOBBIE BERGQUIST
Rindge, NH
joe@quilterstreasure.com

Bobbie & Joel are quilt makers, manufacturers and educators, who keep things simple, quick and fun. Bobbie wanted to make a stained glass quilt; Joel created her fabric. Traveling, they meet quilters from all over the world. Exposure to 35 shows a year, they gain insight into trends; keeping classes, products, workshops, seminars, and lectures on the cutting edge. Bobbie's physical and medical limitations meant she had to simplify techniques. What was a necessary modification for one made quilting easier and less stressful for all. Bobbie & Joel bring these talents into the quilting world by modifying popular traditional quilting methods – making them easy to perform. www.quilterstreasure.com

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View a video on Bobbie's Ink Work classes
View a video on Bobbie's Stained Glass Quilting class
View a video on Bobbie's "Fabric Marbling with Shaving Cream" Technique
View a video on Bobbie's "Quilt as You Go" Technique

IRENA BLUHM
Antlers OK
bluhmirena@yahoo.com

Irena is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning quilter, instructor, pattern designer and author. With 18 years of garment making / design experience, and 12 years of doing art for a hobby, she has transitioned the experience into creating fine art, and other skills into making quilts for shows and exhibits exclusively. Her work has won 65 awards in national and international quilt contests. Irena has produced nine books, multiple workbooks and videos. She teaches machine quilting nationwide and overseas. www.irenabluhmscreations.com

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TRACEY BROWNING
Kadina, South Australia, Australia
tracey@constantinequilts.com

Tracey lives on a farm in South Australia with her husband, Paul, and three children, ages 14-20 years old. She has been quilting for 22 years, teaching patchwork and quilting for 14 years, publishing for 14 years, longarm machine quilting for 13 years, and producing templates and rulers for the longarm community for the last 12 years!! www.constantinequilts.com

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KIMMY BRUNNER
Farmington, MN
kimmyquilt@aol.com

Two-time "Machine Quilting Teacher of the Year" award winner, Kimmy Brunner, is the producer of top-rated instructional DVDs, beautiful quilting patterns and high-quality quilting tools. A frequent contributor to quilting magazines, and a frequent guest on quilting television and radio shows, she is a popular and sought-after teacher at national and international quilt shows. www.Kimmyquilt.com

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View videos here of Kim loading the quilt, tensioning the quilt, marking the quilt,demonstrating stitch-in-the-ditch, laying out a C-curl border, and doing a hanging squares border. See for yourself how much Kim has to teach you!

STEVE BUTLER
St George, UT
stevebutler@infowest.com

Steve is the National Account Manager at American & Efird. As a previous quilt shop owner, he has an uncommonly broad range of experience and knowledge and can answer questions on threads, needles and sewing machines. Steve has taught at all major sewing machine conventions, regional trade shows, various machine embroidery venues, Quilt Market and has been a repeat guest on Martha Pullen's popular PBS series "Martha's Sewing Room." www.amefird.com

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Kay McCain
Henderson, NV
Katydid8@cox.net

Kay started sewing at the age of 7. Sewing became a part of everyday life. In 1980, she took her first quilting class and there was no turning back. She has continued to learn, teach and sew since that time and has become an award winning quilter.

In 1990 she opened her own Quilt shop. She was featured in one of the first issues of McCall’s Quilting magazine and co-hosted an ultra popular quilt retreat for several years. She wrote a quilt column for a local newspaper for a period of time and has been published in a national embroidery magazine.

"I can’t think of anything more fulfilling than sharing my passion for sewing, quilting and embroidery with others. I love spending time with friends, cooking, sharing a good meal and traveling when time permits".

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MICHELE CRAWFORD
Spokane, WA
flowerboxquilts@aol.com

Michele has been a published quilt and needlework designer since 1989. Her work experience includes being an author, marketing consultant, teacher, lecturer; and owner of Flower Box Quilts, a quilt pattern company and internet store since 2004. She has designed and worked for a variety of thread, batting and fabric companies, where her designs have been showcased at Quilt Market. To date, she has had nearly 4,500 designs published in various books, websites, and magazines including Quilter's World,The Quilter, and Woman's Day.

Michele’s love of sewing began at age 11 with her grandmother’s featherweight sewing machine. She has been blessed to have her husband, Tom, as her business partner, and to have their family revolve around their business and their business revolve around their family. Michele is “color driven” so her design process starts from choosing fabric and colors first, and then creating the best quilt blocks and setting to showcase the fabrics. www.flowerboxquilts.com

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DUSTIN FARRELL
Cambridge Springs, PA
countrystitchin@verizon.net

Dusty is a longarm quilt artist. He has won many awards, and has been nominated "Teacher of the Year." Dusty teaches everything from Art Quilting to Bread & Butter. He still quilts for customers on a daily basis. He loves sharing his love of quilting with his students in a high energy setting. Dusty is an open book, and in his classes anything goes! Classes with Dusty are anything but boring. www.cscountrystitchin.com

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LEE FLETCHER
Kennesaw, GA
lee.fletcher@sulky.com

Lee has been a Sulky Educator for six years, and has loved every minute of it! Her mother was a seamstress and machine embroidery artist, and Lee has been sewing all of her life as a result. Teaching is Lee’s passion, along with being associated with Sulky of America and their excellent products. www.sulky.com

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CATHY FRANKS
Carmel, IN
cathyfranks@indy.rr.com

Cathy loves sharing her knowledge of 30 plus years of quilting. She has tons of ideas, samples, and pictures to share. Be prepared for a fun filled, jam-packed time in class. She has made all the mistakes possible, and will try to help you not make the same ones. Cathy has won numerous ribbons, written articles for magazines, appeared on quilting shows and judged the Houston quilt show. www.cathyfranks.com

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CARMEN GEDDES
Eagle Mountain, UT
carmen.tensisters@gmail.com

Carmen brings her love of quilting and people together for a fun day of learning. Students enjoy her friendly, low-key approach and her great techniques! She has taught at many quilt shows around the country and specializes in quilt retreats. Carmen resides in Eagle Mountain, Utah with her husband, Patrick. They have five children and six wonderful grandkids! www.tensisters.com

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CARA GULATI
San Rafael, CA
cara@doodlepress.com

Cara designs fun and artistic quilts. Her patterns and books can be found in quilt stores around the world and on her websit. Cara learned to "be the pen" while quilting instead of "the paper" with her A-1 Quilting Machine. When Cara isn't lecturing, teaching internationally, designing fabric, selling A-1 Quilting Machines, publishing or creating art quilts, she can be found walking her dog in the forest in Marin County, California. www.doodlepress.com

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RENAE HADDADIN
Sandy, UT
renaequilts@gmail.com

Renae loves to quilt and loves to share that passion with others. It thrills her to see students succeed and grow in their own quilting and piecing. Many of her quilts are entered in competitions and she has won numerous quilting awards...but her biggest thrill isn't winning. She considers the best part of quilting to be exploring the unlimited possibilities that the art affords, and the friends that she has made along the way. www.quiltsonthecorner.com

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SUZANNE MICHELLE HYLAND
Salt Lake City, UT
suzanne@quilterstouch.com

Suzanne has always loved sewing, quilting, and crafting. Suzanne’s company, Quilters Touch, reflects her belief that quilters touch the lives of others through the comfort, warmth, and charm of their quilts. Suzanne developed Machingers ™ Quilting Gloves and a unique technique for tight ¼”binding by machine. Her videos and classes help quilters finish their quilts beautifully through interpretive design, freehand free-motion techniques and innovative machine binding. www.quilterstouch.com

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PAGE JOHNSON
Rosemount, MN
pagej@frontiernet.net

Page is a professional Longarm quilter from Minnesota. She quilts full time for customers and is experienced in both freehand and computerized quilting. Page is a Creative Studio Version 4 Certified Trainer. Her award winning quilts have continued to receive national recognition in shows and publications. Page also produces tutorial videos for Statler quilters. There are samples of her work and videos on her web site. www.thequiltingpage.com

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DeLoa JONES
South Haven, MI
deloa@deloasquiltshop.com

DeLoa has been an avid quilter for 33 years. She has had a machine quilting business for 12 years. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and designs with her students. She has authored 5 books and has a line of rulers and stencils. DeLoa is also an APQS representative and CompuQuilter dealer. She has appeared on QNNTV.com and the QuiltingSchool.com. She and her husband, Dave, live in Michigan and have 8 children and 4 grandchildren. www.deloasquiltshop.com

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SUE PATTEN
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
suepattenquilts@yahoo.ca

Sue Patten of Ontario, Canada has been traveling throughout Canada, the U.S., and Europe teaching and educating the art of longarm quilting since 2001. Her unique style of quilting has won both herself and her clients many awards and ribbons. She is the author of “Quilting Possibilities... Freehand Filler Patterns.” Sue’s work appears on magazine covers and has been featured in many other books. She has appeared on many TV quilting shows. She designs patterns for numerous companies and has several new thread lines. Sue’s high energy classes and unique free-motion designs are sure to inspire you to quilt “outside the box” and let your quilting reflect who you really are!!! www.pattenthatquilt.com

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CLAUDIA PFEIL
Krefeld, Germany
post@claudiapfeil.de

Claudia is addicted to the world of quilts. She runs a quilt shop and the APQS Showroom in Krefeld, Germany and is willing to fly across the ocean to teach interested students in free-motion quilting. Her award winning quilts are well known for her opulent quilting style and her love for embellishments. Claudia’s classes are filled with new ideas encouragement and enthusiasm and a lot of fun! www.claudiapfeil.de/index.php?article_id=29&clang=1

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MARY REINHARDT
Rosemount, MN
eureka2@frontiernet.net

Mary, owner of Eureka Documentation System, has been piecing quilts for over 30 years. She has combined her love for quilting with computer programming skills to bring you Machine Quilters Business Manager. It has been wonderful to develop a business software program that "thinks" like a quilter! www.eurekadocumentation.com

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PATRICIA SIMONS
Waterford, WI
patricia@quiltersrule.com

Patricia represents the family owned business Quilter’s Rule. Using templates, Patricia developed a knack for designing different quilting patterns. She demonstrates and teaches at shows and guilds. Her signature class, Unlock Your Creativity (The Key is Templates), has opened a whole new world to people who are not naturally artists. Her techniques are applicable to all quilters (hand, home machine, short-arm, mid-arm or long-arm machine). Patricia looks forward to helping you develop your own style. www.quiltersrule.com

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DEONN STOTT
Heber, UT
deonn@quiltscapesquilting.com

An award-winning quilt maker, designer and quilt coach, Deonn loves to share her passion for the process of quilt making from start to finish. Always looking for simple ways to make the process more enjoyable, Deonn's classes include time-saving tips, tricks, and tools to improve technique and ensure success. www.quiltscapesquilting.com

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GEORGIA STULL
Harrisonville, MO
heartlandquiltworks@gmail.com

Georgia Stull, owner of Heartland Quiltworks, hails from Missouri. Georgia has found her passion. It's quilting and she loves to share this passion and the tidbits she has learned along the way. Georgia quilts full time, is an Elite Beta Tester and Certified Trainer for the Statler software. She knows this software inside and out, and teaches in a very practical style to help you become a better, more proficient quilter. www.heartlandquiltworks.net or www.facebook.com/heartland.quiltworks

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Coleen Swettman
Portland, OR
coleenswettman@earthlink.net

Coleen got her first sewing machine at age 11 and has been stitching ever since. She has sewn lots of garments including tailored suits and prom dresses, home decor items and dozens of quilts. She has also made custom draperies to complete the décor for many homes. She has also been the featured quilter at a one woman show.

Her first attempt at free motion quilting was on an heirloom quilt about 30 years ago. Her skills and techniques have advanced since then and thankfully so has the machine she uses. Join Coleen as she guides you through the steps to warm up to and really enjoy free motion quilting.

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LINDA V. TAYLOR
Etna, WY
linda@lequilters.com

Linda is a highly awarded longarm machine quilter whose work has been displayed in many venues and published in many quilting magazines and books. Linda has been quilting for over 40 years and is known and respected as one of the innovators of the art of longarm machine quilting (20 years). To her delight, she has been chosen by her peers 3 times as “Teacher of the Year.” She has won numerous quilting awards in shows. Her quilts have been in special exhibits and museums in the United States and Europe. Linda has traveled and taught internationally. She has appeared on more than 80 segments of television programs and has her own PBS television show named Linda’s Longarm Quilting, on thequiltingschool.com. She has produced how-to DVDs, nine books on longarm techniques, many practical templates and over 1000 continuous line patterns. Linda wrote the handbook on longarm quilting entitled, “The Ultimate Guide to Longarm Machine Quilting,” produced by C&T Publishing Company. Check out Linda’s video streaming and online classes with TheQuiltingSchool.com and her patterns on iPattern Studio. www.thequiltingschool.com

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RICK TAYLOR
Etna, WY
rick@lequilters.com

Rick has been involved in the longarm quilting machine business for 20 years. He has produced two DVDs on trouble shooting and maintenance on the Gammill Quilting machines. Through the years, his extensive knowledge and experience working on the machines has earned him an impeccable reputation in the industry. He is able to impart this "know-how" to others with his easy going and easy-to-understand manner. www.thequiltingschool.com

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SALLY TERRY
Paducah, KY
sally@sallyterry.com

Sally was honored as HMQS “Teacher of the Year” in 2012. Once students learn her well thought out techniques, they quickly feel, “It is easier than I thought it would be!” and confidence abounds. With hundreds of published quilting patterns, TV appearances, stencils, templates, books and videos, Sally is continuing to bring the freshest designs and free-motion quilting practices with wiggle room to her students. Her business savvy and keen sense of marketing helps machine quilting businesses thrive. www.sallyterry.com

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View a video on Sally Terry’s Chandelier Feather class

JAMIE WALLEN
Kalamazoo, MI
jamiewallen@sbcglobal.net

Jamie Wallen entered the quilting community after a longarm purchase in the 90’s and developed his own style of quilting. He began teaching workshops and classes throughout the US. He has developed two series of quilting techniques, “The Mystical Quilting Series,” and "Thread Fusion.” He continues to teach internationally. The year 2011 also brought Jamie into a new studio where he films, dyes, and teaches workshops in Michigan City. www.quiltersapothecary.com

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JUDY WOODWORTH
Gering, NE
jwquilts@yahoo.com

Judy is an award winning quilter, teacher and author. Her students say she is enthusiastic, funny and gives lots of tips. She has won hundreds of awards including Best Longarm Quilting, AQS Paducah. She has twice won first place at Houston Quilt Festival. Her books include, “Freemotion Quilting,” and, “How to Make Your Own Quilting Designs and Patterns.” Judy writes for many magazines. www.judywoodworth.com

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