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Sally B. Davis | June Colburn | Mary Kerr | Linda J. Hahn | Mark Lipinski | Merry May | Michele Scott | Holice Turnbow
SALLY B. DAVIS: Sally began quilt making in 1980 (after trying every craft known to mankind) and began a love affair with quilting that led to teaching by 1983. “The 4 Season’s” quilt, made in 1987 as a interpretation of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” was the first step in trying an original piece. It won a blue ribbon at Quilting By The Lake & became part of a traveling exhibition that included a stop at the New England Quilt Museum. This quilt was juried into the AQShow in Paducah and was the topic of an article in the winter 1989 issue of the American Quilter. Sally has continued to experiment with shape, form, but most of all color. Since that time, she has won numerous awards and ribbons, including a Best of Show in a Garden State show and an award from C & T Publishing. She has had 2 gallery shows, had a piece juried into the Schweinfurth museums Art=Quilts=Art exhibit. Sally has been published in AQS, QNM, Quilting Today, and Threads magazines and has been featured in Margaret Miller’s book Easy Pieces and in Kaffe Fassett’s books Rowan 4 and A Colourful Journey. Her community work led to helping spearhead the Pink Ribbon Quilt Project and the book The Pink Ribbon Quilt Project: Threaded Together. Sally is the former owner of Quilt Connection and is now teaching nationally and working with Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy. She is currently working on a new book.
JUNE COLBURN: Want a teacher who’s been around the block a few times? How about around the world a few times? After two years in South America, 5 years in Europe, several trips to Africa, and 12+ years in Japan, June knows not only the motifs, but also the culture, the history, and the people who developed them. She visited craftsmen, country markets, antique shops, museums, galleries, and gomi corners to find interesting bits of exotic lore to share with America’s sewers and quilters. The stories are endless . . . ask only if you really want to listen!
MARY KERR is a lifelong quilter who has been teaching since 1987. She is an AQS Certified Appraiser and a member of PAAQT. For many years, Mary focused on restoration and repair and now works exclusively with the vintage textiles. Her series of workshops and lectures are designed to focus on quilting history and the preservation of these artifacts. Her lighthearted and engaging approach allows quilters of all levels to actively connect with our quilting heritage.
LINDA J. HAHN began quilting in 1993 and teaching in 1994. Linda is an empowering and energetic instructor. She is a National Quilting Association Certified Teacher and has been nominated twice (2001 and 2004) for Professional Quilter Magazine Teacher of the Year award. Linda has done commission quilts for Shamash & Sons Fabric Company, Sullivans USA and Krenik Thread Manufacturing Company. She has also written articles for Quilt Magazine and The Professional Quilter. She taught on 2004 and 2005 Quilting Cruises and is slated to teach on a 2006 Quilting Cruise. Linda, her daughter, Sarah and Merry May have teamed up to present a spring getaway for quilters in Wildwood, New Jersey (Bed Breakfast & Quilt). Linda is a former president of The Quilt Professionals Network and currently serves as the annual conference co-coordinator. Linda and Sarah own and operate Two Country Quilters, a long arm machine quilting business in addition to traveling the east coast to present lectures & workshops. Linda resides in Manalapan, New Jersey with her husband Allan, daughter and business partner Sarah, and their new doggy addition to the family, Amber Lynn.
MARK LIPINSKI You will be hard pressed to find a more entertaining personality and enjoyable quilting class than one taken with national quilt teacher and quilt designer, Mark Lipinski. As a designer, Mark's recent work has been seen in McCall's Quilts, McCall's Quick Quilts, Quiltmaker, The Quilter, and Fabric Trends magazines. He has appeared on HGTV's "Simply Quilts" and is a frequent schoolhouse instructor at the International Quilt Market. He has also launched a line of his own quilting patterns, called “The Quilts of Pickle Road.” A veteran, Emmy Award nominated and Cable Ace Award winning, talk show producer and programming executive, working on such shows as Oprah, The View, The Joan River’s Show, Attitudes and Ricki Lake to name but a few. Mark is the Editor-in-Chief of the new magazine “Quilter’s Home”. Locally, Mark is a member of The Common Threads Quilters, The Nubian Heritage Quilters, The Garden State Quilters, The Brownstone Quilters and the State Quilt Guild of New Jersey. On a national level, Mark is a member of the Quilt Professionals Network, Studio Art Associates and the American Quilter's Society. All teaching fees for his work with the State Quilt Guild of New Jersey will be donated back to the guild for their state quilt museum fund.
MERRY MAY of Tuckahoe, NJ, began making small quilted items for family and friends in mid-1970s, not knowing of any quilters in her ancestry at the time. She decided that if she was ever to own a quilt, she would have to make it herself. Since her humble beginnings (which she attributes to “beginner’s luck”), Merry has developed a reputation for excellence in teaching quiltmaking, as well as in quilt history and professional development. She has traveled throughout the East Coast presenting lectures, appraisals and workshops for quilt guilds and quilt shops. Merry is a founding member and current president of the State Quilt Guild of NJ, and is also a past president of Tri-State Quiltmaking Teachers (now the Quilt Professionals’ Network). She is the inventor of Gridded Geese, a unique method for producing flying geese units. She manages a local cemetery and owns two tons of buttons (really!).
MICHELE SCOTT is an award-winning quilt artist who specializes in teaching, lecturing, designing, and one-of-a-kind hand painted fabrics. Nominated as one of Professional Quilter's 2002 Teacher of the Year, you can find her original designs in McCall’s Quilting or Quick Quilts magazines regularly. She began quiltmaking in 1994, and knew then that she had found her calling in textiles and color! She specializes in machine work and embellishments, but Michele’s high energy can be found in her variety of classes that range from “Machine Quilting 1.5” to “Painting Landscapes and Much Much More”. Her goal is to conduct positive upbeat classes that teach sound techniques and give all levels of quilters new confidence. She teaches and lectures locally and nationally for quilt guilds and shows. She is an also a faculty member of Quilt University, the online quilting community. Her array of award winning Landscape and Art Quilts can be found at a variety of shows across the country.
HOLICE TURNBOW: Holice began quilting in the early 1970s when he was asked to teach needlework and quilting for a local recreational program. He continues to lecture and conduct workshops emphasizing development and use of quilting designs. He works closely with The Stencil Company for which he designs quilting stencils. Holice served as a quilt consultant and designer to Spartex, Inc. developing pre-printed wholecloth quilts. He has more recently designed a series of wholecloth quilt tops which are now being printed and distributed by Benartex, Inc.A long line of accomplishments include being a contributing writer numerous quilting magazines, several appearances on Quilting with Kay Wood as well as having filmed 13 segments of another TV series, "Heirlooms by Design". Holice is a retired co-curator of "The Hoffman Challenge" with Betty Boyink. He has served as a quilt consultant to Benartex, Inc. and served as quilting consultant to Talon, Inc (thread) and Stencil House (quilting designs). Also to his credit are his garment designs for Invitational Exhibits. Holice has most recently designed a piece for the Men of Biblical Proportions exhibit. He is a quilt judge and teacher certified by the National Quilting Association.
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