We take the time to search out the best in the
industry, introducing you to exceptional designers, best-selling authors,
creative thinkers and visionaries. Taking classes at Original Sewing &
Quilt Expo adds to a memorable and satisfying
experience!
Pat Barry
Racine, WI
Pat Barry Quilts
Pat Barry is a professional quilter and loves to share her knowledge with others. She teaches privately and at quilt shows (including MQX, MQS, HMQS and Georgia Quilt Show) and has been a guest quilt artist on Linda Taylor’s The Quilting School. Pat is the author of “ABCs of Longarm Quilting”, and has written user manuals for Gammill Quilting Systems and for the Statler Stitcher® CreativeStudio™ software. She also writes for magazines and has been a regular contributor to OnTrack!, IMQA's quarterly trade magazine. You will see her at most major quilt shows, either teaching or demonstrating new, innovative products for quilters. www.patbarryquilts.com
Barb Callahan
Venice, FL
Barb Originals
Barb designed and constructed one-of-a-kind garments using her label
Barb Originals and sold them at art shows for almost 25 years, alongside her
antique linens, buttons and trimmings. After years of hearing customer requests
for patterns and instructions for these very wearable items, she decided to
accommodate them. Today Barb travels the U.S. sharing her expertise in using
vintage linens, buttons, hankies, trimmings and more to create stylish,
flattering and easy-to-make clothing and accessories. She holds a bachelors
degree in education and a masters degree in administration and counseling, and
has also attended classes at FIT in New York. Her articles have appeared in
Threads, Sew Beautiful and her company’s newsletter.
www.barboriginals.com
Tammie Campbell
Akron, OH
Tammie grew up in Canfield, Ohio and moved to Florida in 1973 with her family. In 1975, the family moved to Put-In-Bay, Ohio. While living on the island, Tammie did quite a bit of quilting and sewing and enjoyed doing many different crafts. Tammie's love of beading started around 2000 when she and her husband were living at the Dry Tortugas National Park. They were lucky to have a woman there that shared her talent and her beads with the staff, and Tammie has been in love with beads ever since. As she moved on to The Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee and then on to Lake Roosevelt in the state of Washington, Tammie took many classes and tried many forms of beading. In 2010 Tammie's husband retired from the National Park Service and they moved back home to Ohio. Tammie has two beautiful granddaughters that she enjoys as often as she can.
Colleen
Casey
Marietta,
GA
Some Art Fabric
I knew I would be an artist at an early age – I need to make things.
Throughout school I excelled at all creative endeavors and decided to attend
Savannah College of Art and Design. After college I moved back to Atlanta and
began a career as a fine artist. In '98 I started teaching high school art, so
I could share the joy that art brings me. Now I teach, parent and create art as
time permits. I feel that everyone should be able to create and I use my time
and talents to help others find joy in art.
www.someartfabric.com
June
Colburn
Largo, FL
June Colburn Designs II, Inc.
June's odyssey began in 1973 with itchy feet and a Master's degree
in library science. While working for international schools, June's motto,
"Have sewing machine, will travel" led her into adventures hunting
for fabrics in souks, bazaars and temple sales from Quito to Paris, Istanbul to
Singapore. Talking with the people who wove, dyed, embroidered, sewed and sold
native textiles influenced her life. The exquisite kimono fabrics of Japan
defined her creative direction. June's work has been featured in many
exhibitions, collections and design shows. She shares her knowledge and love of
Asian textiles through lectures and classes.
www.junecolburn.com
Rae Cumbie
Baltimore, MD
Fit For Art Patterns
Best known in Baltimore for her special occasion gowns, Rae has been creating custom clothing professionally for more than 25 years. Ten years ago she began creating wearable art jackets, perfecting the fit on her clients and students. Her line of Fit For Art Patterns offer versatility and fit for sewers, fiber artists and quilters. She is an active sewing educator, immediate past president of the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals and contributes to Sew News and Threads magazines.
www.fitforartpatterns.com
www.raecumbie.com
Eric Drexler
Port Charlotte, FL
Sulky of America
With over 25 years in the sewing industry, Eric Drexler has developed a wide spectrum of expertise. As a senior in High School in 1983, Eric started working in Joyce and Fred Drexler’s Sewing Center as their sewing machine mechanic. Over the next 15 years he went on to become a Teacher, Manager and Co-owner until the business was sold in 1998. For the last 10 years he has been a full-time employee of Sulky of America during which time he has become more heavily focused on his creative side, while continuing to indulge his passion for sewing machine repair. Free-motion artistry has been Eric’s other life-long passion ever since he was inspired by Joyce when, at age 10, she first taught him the technique. He has made numerous large and small works of machine art, some of which have been featured in Sulky Books and at Trade and Consumer Shows all over the country. Through his association with Sulky of America during all the years of its existence, he has had the pleasure and honor of being inspired by some of the world’s greatest creative sewers and quilters. For the 10 years of its existence, he managed the Sulky Challenge and was responsible for its appearance all over the country.
Eric loves life and he loves to teach and share his exuberance for creative sewing. He is passionate about inspiring students of all ages so they can discover and enjoy a lifetime of creative fun. His infectious smile and warm humor put everyone at ease and ready to learn. He is widely sought after to teach and share his contagious enthusiasm at Consumer shows, Sew Exciting Seminars, Guild Programs and, more recently, on PBS shows. www.sulky.com
Tamara Evans
Dallas, TX
RNK Distributing
Tamara Evans, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, (exclusive distributors of Floriani Products) is from Dallas, TX. Tamara says she has been sewing for as long as she can remember and loves every aspect of it - except maybe handwork. Her "professional" sewing experience began in Jr. High sewing costumes and clothing for family and neighbors. After graduating from The University of Oklahoma, she worked at a variety of corporate and entrepreneurial ventures, but eventually returned to her passion - sewing. Tamara's experiences include machine embroidery, digitizing, quilting, garment design, home decor, and crafts. Through her years of working in the Sewing Industry she has developed a particular talent for rationalizing the purchase of any new gadgets, fabrics, or machines. Tamara's life journey took her to Illinois for a while and it was there she developed a very successful embroidery and gift business, And Sew On. Upon her return to Texas she began developing a series education and sewing related products. Tamara is now putting her energy and expertise into bringing the best in sewing education directly to the sewing public through the vast Floriani Dealer network www.rnkdistributing.com
Dusty Farrell
Cambridge Springs,
PA
Country Stitchin
Dusty is a
free-hand quilt artist. He is mostly recognized for his incredibly fast no
holds bared quilting and "Quilting in the Dark". He has quilted for
several top designers in the industry and has appeared in numerous magazines
and “Quilt It” online program. Always being up for change Dusty changes quilt
designs on the fly to fit his unique personality. Dusty's motto’s are "the
imperfect perfect" and “If I can draw it I can quilt it“.
www.cscountrystitchin.com
Stephanie Farrell
Cambridge Springs, PA
Country Stitchin
Stephanie owns and operates a quilt shop in NW PA with her husband, Dustin. She spends her days designing quilt patterns for PTQ and Frond design Studios, sewing shop samples and taking care of her kiddos. Stephanie is an award winning quilter and teacher. A self taught quilter who enjoys sharing her unique style of quilting and techniques with her students. Quilting is like therapy its good for the soul. www.cscountrystitchin.com
Cathy Gandy
Alpharetta, GA
Baby Lock Education Consultant
Variety is the spice of life," says education consultant, Cathy
Gandy. She takes pride in her sewing background which boasts of working in
fiber art, teaching classes, retail selling, and fabric buying. When that
wasn’t enough to keep her busy, she occupied her time spinning and weaving. Her
finished samples include tapestries, rugs, baskets, and garments. As a hobby,
Cathy really enjoys machine appliqué for quilting and creating her own
designs using the Baby Lock software products. Whether it’s garment sewing,
home décor, quilting, or heirloom techniques, her creations express
her love of the industry. Sharing her ideas, talents, and knowledge with sewing
enthusiasts everywhere is what gives Cathy the most pleasure.
www.babylock.com
Diane Gloystein
Lincoln, NE
Sulky of America
Diane Gloystein travels across the country as a freelance educator.
She loves to share her passion and enthusiasm for embellishment as she
entertains and educates. Her creations have been featured on Fons &
Porter Love of Quilting, America Sews with Sue Hausmann, Sewing with Nancy and
Quilting Arts television shows. Diane's creation, Caribbean Sunset appeared in
the 2008 Rendezvous Bernina Fashion Show.
A love of designing interesting and original clothing led to a lifelong love
affair with fabric and fiber arts. A sense of whimsical imagination is found in
many of Diane's creations. She inspires her audiences with high energy
presentations featuring a myriad of sewing techniques, surface design and
embellishment techniques that will excite quilters and enthusiasts of fiber
arts.
www.sulky.com
Cynthia
Guffey
Baton Rouge, LA
Cynthia has owned a fabric and design studio bearing her name in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 1983, and her designs have been worn everywhere
from the opening of the Met to governors’ inaugurations to Acapulco. Her
fitting and sewing expertise is derived from a mathematical background, and her
constant search for the simple and the obvious. And although her precise sewing
techniques are not short-cuts, she saves you time by helping you get it right
the first time. She shares her effective, practical and simple fitting and
construction techniques with students throughout the United States, offering
seminars and workshops filled with information that results in beautifully
fitted, custom-look clothing. Cynthia’s design philosophy involves creating
lines that multiply opportunities to fit and enhance a figure type.
www.cynthiaguffey.com
Darlene Guillory
Groves, TX
Pfaff Educator
Darlene has served as an Educator with Pfaff since 1991. Known for her versatile talent and sincere passion for many areas of sewing and embroidery, Darlene takes pleasure in sharing her vast knowledge and skills. A plethora of credentials and 50+ years of sewing, enhance Darlene's expertise as a professional and personable teacher. She has published books and CD's, i.e. "Traditional Cutwork Made Easy", "Crazy Patch Stitches and more", "Clothespin Angels with your Embroidery Machine". Darlene was a guest on Houston Public Television, Sewing with Nancy, Martha's Sewing Room, and America Quilts Creatively. She has certifications in Martha Pullen, Nancy Zieman, Jenny Haskins, Susan Cleveland, Betty Cotton (the Cotton Theory), , Mattie Henderson (Quiltsmart), Marti Michell, Linda McGehee, Karen Boutte (the Quilt Diva), Linda Lee Vivian, & Cindy Losekamp.
Lorraine Henry
San Diego, CA
Conselle Institute
Lorraine is a specialist in sewing, fitting and pattern alteration for Conselle Institute of Image Management. She has a degree in Clothing and Textiles and has been a university instructor. Teaching pattern alteration and fit is her favorite thing to do. She is the creator of the Two Easy Measuring tape set which makes it easy to get accurate body measurements when you follow the instructions in her “Measuring Made Easy” booklet. She has also written for Sew News Magazine. With 30 plus years of experience as a custom dressmaker/tailor and teacher, she has a wealth of knowledge to share with you about sewing and fit.
www.conselle.com
Joyce Keske
Minong, WI
Debby
Kratovil
Fairfax, VA
Quilter By Design
Debby has been in the professional quilting world since 1994. She
was Quilt Magazine’s Special Projects Editor for 14 years. She contributes to
various quilt magazine titles along with sewing and designing for several
fabric companies. Her hundreds of published articles about quilts, easy
techniques, and how-tos have helped thousands of quilters discover an easier
way to approach a wide range of projects. Her published works include “Bold,
Black & Beautiful Quilts”, “Supersize ‘Em Quilts”, seven different
Quilt Block a Day calendars, and is working on her next book on Mariner’s
Compass quilts (March 2013). She is an enthusiastic teacher who especially
loves the "aha!" moments with her students. She freely shares tips,
tricks and techniques to make quilting a real pleasure.
www.quilterbydesign.com
Linda Lee
Topeka, KS
The Sewing Workshop
Linda Lee is the owner of The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection, a group of patterns for distinctive garments using innovative sewing techniques. Linda writes for Threads, Sew News and Stitch magazines. She travels the country teaching fine sewing techniques and the art of combining beautiful fabrics and distinctive design in garment and home decorating creations. Using her background as a licensed interior designer and a member of ASID since 1974, she has written fourteen books relating to garment sewing and interiors. Sew Sensational Pillows won the Independent Book Award in the Craft and Hobby Category and Sew Easy won Honorable mention by the Independent Publisher Book Awards for Most Original Design in their “Ten Outstanding Books of the Year” awards.
Starting with making and selling felt hats in 6th grade, Linda’s business ventures have followed – from a life-long career in interior design to producing avant garde sewing patterns for the adventurous sewer. One pillow-making project ultimately led to fourteen books, television appearances on HGTV and traveling and teaching the fine art of combining beautiful fabrics and innovative sewing techniques for both garments and interiors.
www.sewingworkshop.com
Cindy Losekamp
Cedar Grove, IN
Sew Artfully Yours
Cindy is the creator of several Signature Series embroidery disks
for Cactus Punch and CEO of Sew Artfully Yours, Inc. Cindy's skills take
machine embroidery to new heights in creativity, and along with embroidery, she
is also the creator of a myriad of other machine techniques. She is the
designer and author of thirty-one books, and has been teaching and inspiring
people to sew and create for twenty-one years. There are no boundaries in
artistic pursuits when it comes to her books and classes. Everyone is
encouraged to transcend to a higher level of creativity.
www.sewingart.com
Lynn Lunoe
Rocky River, OH
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
As an avowed non-shopper, Lynn has always made her own clothes, home decorations and gifts. It is so much more fun to sew than shop, except for fabric and sewing supplies. Lynn learned to love to sew from her grandmother and learned the finer points from her mother, an accomplished seamstress. Quite prophetically, while working on her degree in Marketing and Public Relations at Bowling Green State University, Lynn chose her beloved sewing machine as the subject for her sales demonstration in her “Salesmanship” class. The die was cast for a lifetime of sewing and selling.
One of the original staff members when Original Sewing & Quilt Expo began in 1995, she combined her Expo work with free-lance sewing, embroidery and special projects for the Husqvarna Viking® Sewing Machine Company (VSM). Eventually, Lynn went to work full-time for VSM, which is now SVP Worldwide. Fulfilling that college prophecy, she developed and presented programs to train retail sewing machine store associates across the nation how to demonstrate and sell sewing machines. Lynn served on the Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff® Product Development Teams, traveling regularly to the factory in Sweden. In 2008, she lived in Husqvarna, Sweden for three months to do final-testing on the new top-of-the-line sewing and embroidery machine.
Now as Director of Marketing for the rapidly-growing Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Lynn is enjoying working with the creative and dynamic Expo team and the wonderful vendors, faculty and volunteers that make the Expo such an exciting and satisfying event. Now that their three children are grown, Lynn and her patient husband, Bob enjoy movies and traveling.
Kim
Montagnese
Amherst, OH
AhHa!
Kim began playing with fabric and sneaking the use of her mom's "forbidden" sewing machine in the early 70s. Long before great fabric or creative classes were available, Kim was forced to make it up as she went along. She came to love the look of hand appliqué, but lacked the patience. Fortunately, a series of mistakes led to the method she uses today. Students love the "no curved piecing"," inside out" and "quilts that keep on giving" concept of quilting. Kim loves the AHHA! moment students experience and has felt privileged to share the fun for the past 20 years.
Kim's quilts have won many awards throughout Ohio, been displayed at the Denver International Airport as well as private collections across the country and also featured in Art Quilt Calendar. She is a member of Lorain County Piecemakers, Studio Art Quilters Association and Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Quilt Alliance. Current new projects include becoming a certified Zentangle Teacher… and sharing the tangling on fabric fun at EXPO classes.
http://insideoutquilts.com
“Inside-Out-Broken Quilts”
(Piece in
Cate Pratos book Mixed Media Self-Portraits)
www.martingale-pub.com (Two
quilts in Leigh McDonald's book Adventures In Circles)
Marty
Moon
Culpeper, VA
Early Times Workshop
Owner of Early Times Workshop for 20 years, Marty enjoys quilting
and doing other types of needlework. Trained by hand in very traditional
quiltmaking, Marty prides herself on the technical aspects of her quilts and is
passionate about passing those skills on to others. Always seeking a challenge
or competition to whet her appetite, Marty grounds her ‘art’ quilts in her
traditional background. You can find one of Marty’s quilts in Quilting with
Manhole Covers by Shirley MacGregor.
www.earlytimesworkshop.com
Barbara Moore
Senatobia, MS
SVP Sewing Ambassador
Barbara Moore has over 20 years experience teaching and selling Husqvarna Viking products, including time spent as a Husqvarna Viking dealer. She teaches classes and workshops in Sew What’s New, Home Dec, Heirloom Sewing and Machine and Serger training. Barbara lives in North Mississippi and teaches locally as well as nationally.
Laura Murray
Minneapolis, MN
Laura Murray Designs
Artist, entrepreneur, teacher and author, Laura began her experimentations with
textile color and texture in 1989. Her work, which appears in books, magazines,
quilt calendars and DVDs includes wearable art and award-winning quilts.
Laura's passionate response to surface design resulted in designing her
favorite images in a stencil collection, soon followed by a series of stamps,
including StarBuilders, along with authoring her book, "StarBuilder
Inspirations". Her recent work led to the development of an innovative
technique which uses stamps, paintstiks and fusible web to easily create
seemingly complex designs without sewing.
www.lauramurraydesigns.com
Karen Pharr
Luttrell, TN
Karen Pharr Studios
Karen is an award winning quilter with quilts shown in both Quilt Shows and Art Galleries. Karen uses nature as her main inspiration for her work. As a national teacher, pattern designer and art quilter, Karen loves to help students develop new fun and creative techniques which they can apply to their own quilting style. A yes you can attitude flows throughout her classroom so everyone can create while having fun and learning new techniques they can take with them and apply to future projects.www.karenpharrstudios.com
Kathy
Ruddy
Mukilteo, WA
kathyruddy.com
Kathy Ruddy is an international sewing celebrity, educator, pattern
designer, Serger and fitting expert. Active in the sewing industry since 1962,
Kathy is the star of 10 Serger and sewing videos and author of 12 Serger and
sewing booklets and her new enhanced books on CD called Three ways to Learn
CD'S. You can look at pictures of her projects from start to finish, read the
words next to the pictures as you listen to Kathy impart her wisdom and
experiences as she develops her projects. If you like a hard copy you can print
off as many pages from the CD as you like. Her specialty is to show how to sew
and serge fast and easy without sacrificing quality, fit or fashion details.
Her fresh, fun classes are brimming with surprises and ideas.
www.kathyruddy.com
Emma Seabrooke
Islamorada, FL
Sew KeysE, Inc.
Emma Seabrooke is a certified Palmer/Pletsch pant and fit instructor. She trained with French Couture for years and took many fashion design courses in college while obtaining her degree. Emma loves sewing with knits and has designed clothing patterns for them. She has perfected the best styles for all sizes, especially “well-endowed” ladies. Emma is an active member of the Home Sewing Association, and believes all her students can achieve clothing that looks and fits beautifully. She offers patterns, notions and fabrics that apply to her classes for sale.www.emmaseabrooke.com
Lisa Sipes
Colby, KS
Lisa Sipes is a self taught, award winning quilter and embroiderer whose work can been seen in several books (to be announced on the blog as they release), magazines (American Patchwork & Quilting, Generation Q, Fons & Porter, McCalls, etc) , and competitions and exhibits worldwide. She has also appeared on the television show It's Sew Easy, which airs on PBS. Lisa entered the quilting world somewhat by accident and never looked back. She learned to quilt in a most unusual way - learning to longarm machine quilt for others before making her first pieced quilt top. Lisa has an enthusiasm and passion for all things stitched and enjoys helping others turn ordinary into extraordinary. Her main specialty is making beautiful, heirloom quilts out of poorly pieced, "problem" quilt tops. Lisa takes a straight forward but laid back approach to teaching and likes to provide a classroom setting that is more like a gathering of old friends. She loves to encourage and inspire, and remind all quilters that the main objective of quilting is to have FUN! You can follow Lisa's needle adventures at
thatcrazyquiltygirl.blogspot.com
Connie
Spurlock
Coeur d’Alene, ID
Sew Wonderful Dreams
Although she didn’t even learn to sew until she was over 30 years
old, Connie used her background in marketing and education to develop Sew Wonderful
Dreams, a pattern design company. Fifteen years ago the company focused on
craft patterns, while today the emphasis is on quilting and education. About
her company she says: “We believe the best marketing tool we have is to
educate. Everyone can learn but the way we learn is variable. Our classes are
designed to help you learn in a way that will be most beneficial to you.”
www.sewwonderfuldreams.com
Carol Steinbrecher
Boulder, CO
Conselle/Style Solutions
LLC
Carol has been sewing since she was a little girl and hasn’t stopped
since. She learned home décor and window coverings from her
grandmother but has stayed with her love of fashion construction and
wardrobing. Carol is founder and CEO of Style Solutions, LLC, an image and
fashion management services firm. Carol specializes in tailoring, alterations
of ready-to-wear, fitting techniques & fashion pattern alterations;
wardrobe strategies, personal styling, closet clutter control and image
services. Carol’s clients include Oscar award winner, Paula DuPre Pesman. Carol
is an affiliate of the Conselle Institute of Image Management, member of AICI,
ASDP, BPW and the Boulder Chamber of Commerce. Graduate of UW-Oshkosh-BSN.
Carol totally believes chocolate is one of the basic food groups and that at
least 25% of every day should be fun!
www.stylesolutionsllc.com
Sarah Veblen
Sparks, MD
Nelly Vileikis
Aurora, OH
Nelly's colorful, playful personality encourages students of all levels to reach beyond their normal limits and her goal is for her students to take their newly learned skills into future successes. With an advanced degree in math, a voracious appetite for quilting and a passion for teaching, Nelly is well on her way to becoming a world class quilting artist and teacher. She willingly shares her talent with her students and encourages each to take their knowledge to the next level. </div>
Nelly is an accomplished quilter who has won numerous awards in local as well as national competitions. For over ten years she has taught in several quilt shops, at many Quilt Guilds throughout North Eastern Ohio, Quilting Get-A-Ways and private classes. She is also a designer. Confidence building instruction, mixed with great attention to detail, not to mention a whole lot of fun adds-up to great classroom experience for those who sign up for her classes.
www.artelasquilts.com
Helene Weber
Navarre, OH
My passion has always been art in any form, but I have truly fallen in love with fiber art. My background is in fine art; drawing, painting and sculpture, and I use this experience in creating my quits. Although I have always viewed quilts as art, it wasn’t until recently that I have discovered the blending of traditional art mediums ; colored pencil, paints, and inks, with quilting. I love painting and working with fabric because of the versatility it lends to the artist and I like using a variety of art mediums along with longarm quilting on my art quilts.
Dini Yan
Brooklyn, NY
Momo-Dini Embroidery Art
Dini is originally from Beijing, and along with her sister Momo, is a recognized artist in China. Their paintings have won awards in both China and international competitions. As a professor of Fine Arts at the University of China, Dini taught at the Fine Arts Institute of Northeast Normal University. Dini and Momo design and digitize embroidery patterns for their company, Momo-Dini Embroidery Art. Their designs merge the different cultures of the East and West together to give the embroidery new life and energy. Dini and Momo blend the best of art and technology, and their goal is to produce the best designs with the highest standards and quality.
www.momodini.com
Hope
Yoder
Designs by Hope Yoder, Inc.
Hope Yoder is an author, designer and sewing instructor who
specializes in heirloom sewing and loves to incorporate traditional heirloom
techniques and machine embroidery into romantic ladies clothes and accessories.
She has appeared many times on the popular TV show called Sewing with Martha.
She has written two books entitled: "Embellished Heirloom Treasures"
and “Victorian Dreams Heirloom Shirt”. Hope has created a new series of machine
embroidery CD’s called Heirloom Embellishments which features heirloom
techniques that are re-created in the embroidery hoop and has her own line of
Fabric Button Cover Machines and designs that are helping many start their own
embroidery business. Her work has been featured on the cover of Sew Beautiful, Sew
News, Designs in Machine Embroidery and Clotilde’s Sewing Savvy magazine. She
also writes for Australian Machine Embroidery, Creative Machine Embroidery and
House of White Birches. Hope travels the country teaching hands-on-workshops
helping ladies discover how to “Romance Their Wardrobe” using her special
techniques. She is also a teacher at Martha Pullen’s School of Art Fashion in
Huntsville Alabama.
www.hopeyoder.com