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2013 Instructors
HMQS is pleased to host the most talented and professional teachers in the nation! We are able to offer a
fantastic variety of classes because of their tremendous expertise and experience.
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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
See a quick view of what Jen is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Renae is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Bobbie is teaching at this year’s show.
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
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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
See a quick view of what Irena is teaching at this year’s show.
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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
See a quick view of what Tracey is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Kimmy is teaching at this year’s show.
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! |
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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
See a quick view of what Steve is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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".
See a quick view of what Kay is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Michele is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Dustin is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Lee is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Cathy is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Carmen is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Cara is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Renae is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Suzanne is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Page is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what DeLoa is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Sue is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Claudia is teaching at this year’s show.
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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
See a quick view of what Mary is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Patricia is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Deonn is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Georgia is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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.
See a quick view of what Coleen is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Linda is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Rick is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Sally is teaching at this year’s show.
View a video on Sally Terry’s Chandelier Feather class
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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
See a quick view of what Jamie is teaching at this year’s show. |
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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
See a quick view of what Judy is teaching at this year’s show.
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