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Denyse Schmidt
Keynote Speaker, Workshops
Denyse Schmidt has helped to change the way we think about quilts. Renowned for her fresh, lively, offbeat approach to design and use of boldly exuberant color, Denyse has won acclaim in the art world as well as the crafting world. As author, fabric designer, quilt-maker and teacher- Denyse continues to inspire with her unique take on tradition.
Amy Butler
Lecture
Amy Butler is a creative designer known for her sophisticated yet relaxed modern approach to printed fabrics and products for home, fashion and craft. As a sewing pattern designer, she has brought modern styling to the sewing arts and inspired a new generation of young women to “find their own style.” With millions of hits a month on her website and numerous editorial appearances, Amy’s growing brand has become synonymous with creativity, sustainability, quality and great style. Amy works from her studio in Central Ohio with her husband, cats and a small staff of amazing friends. Her fabrics, patterns, handbags, design and project books & home decor products are sold worldwide.
David Butler
Lecture
David Butler, the graphic artist behind the brand Parson Gray, designs for style and home with a folk modern approach. Richly muted palettes and organic, geometric prints with loose, hand-drawn sophistication are anchored in modernist simplicity reminiscent of mid-century studio design and japanese indigo. With clientele ranging from Cirque du Soleil to Timberland, Hollister, Warner Brothers, Rolling Stone & Ralph Lauren, David applies his vocabulary of tactile, historical design with artistic candor to products, packaging, and places. As founding member and singer of the U.S. rock band Black Owls, David peppers all of his work with a hint of the unexpected, and a commitment to purveying uncommon cool.
Malka Dubrawsky
Workshops
Malka is well know for her hand dyed fabric and released her first fabric line with Moda in 2011. She writes and designs patterns and has been published in several magazines and books. Her first book, Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric, was published by Lark Books in November 2009 and a second book, Fresh Quilting: Fearless, Color, Design, and Inspiration was released in December 2010 by Interweave Press. Read more about Malka at stitchindye.blogspot.com.
Elizabeth Hartman
Workshops
Elizabeth Hartman is a self-taught quilter from Portland, Oregon. She is the author of the popular blog ohfransson.com, and The Practical Guide to Patchwork, which was the winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Best How-To Book of 2011. Her second book, Modern Patchwork will be published in May 2012.
Anna Maria Horner
Lecture, Workshops
To many the Anna Maria brand means color & inspiration in the form of craft, sewing, needlework, books, and friendly how-to. Since 2006 her ever growing library of fabrics has delighted and adorned creative souls around the globe. Its no wonder that she has become the new face of Janome. And for those who have never so much as picked up a needle, many other Anna Maria collections spark creative fires for home and fashion.
Marcia Kaylakie
Lecture
Marcia Kaylakie is an author, collector, judge and appraiser. In addition to exhibiting her quilts at the IQA Festival she has curated the quilt exhibit Eye of the Needle, at the Quattro Gallery in Austin. She is the guest curator for the current exhibit Gone To Texas: Women and Quilts at the Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum in Austin. Her book, Texas Quilts and Quilters-A Lone Star Legacy, has received the Writers’ League of Texas Violet Crown Award in non-fiction for 2008. She also teaches classes on quilt care, conservation, storage and documentation. Marcia is a quilt and quilted textile appraiser certified by the American Quilter’s Society and a member of the International Society of Appraisers. Read more about Marcia at Texas Appraiser.
Penny Layman
Workshops
Penny Layman has been sewing since she was a child when her mom taught her to sew a straight line on a machine. She is a self-taught quilter and her work has been published in several magazines and books. She is the author of the quirky, fun blog Sew Take A Hike and her love of foundation paper piecing has helped fuel the fire for paper piecing online. She is one of the founders of the popular online quilting bee, ‘Ringo Pie’, and has a passion for teaching others the ins and outs of paper piecing.
Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr
Lecture, Workshops
Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr are professional quiltmakers and in 1991 co-founded Modern Quilt Studio (previously FunQuilts). Weeks and Bill’s second book, The Modern Quilt Workshop (2005) is now in its eighth printing. Their other books include Transparency Quilts, Quilts Made Modern and Quiltmaker’s Color Workshop. They launched the first ever magazine exclusively dedicated to modern quilting, “Modern Quilts Illustrated”, in 2011. Their work has been featured widely in the national press and they have designed over 100 original fabrics. When not busy designing and sewing, Weeks writes her blog Craft Nectar and Bill is a professor and head of the Graphic Design discipline at Dominican University in River Forest, IL.
Ellen Rushman
Lecture
Ellen Rushman is a quilter and student at the University of Nebraska. She is currently finishing her master’s degree in Textile History with an emphasis in Quilt Studies. Her thesis work is centered on the Modern Quilt Guild, specifically what draws people into the guild and how they contextualize the quilts they make in terms of art and craft. Ellen began quilting in 2006. She hand pieced traditional blocks for several years before discovering endless inspiration from blogs resulting in a dramatic shift in her quiltmaking. Today she uses a machine but rarely touches a ruler.
Angela Walters
Lecture, Workshops
Since learning how to quilt from her husband’s grandparents ten years ago, Angela has been in love with the art of quilting. After purchasing her first quilting machine, she developed a reputation for being a master of modern quilting design through her professional quilting, workshops and trunk shows. She has quilted for fabric designers, authors, and pattern makers and her work has been published in numerous books and magazines. Rooted with a strong appreciation for traditional quilting, she has developed techniques to help others learn how to adapt quilting designs for modern quilts. She quilts from her home studio and also blogs at Quilting Is My Therapy. Her new book, Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters comes out in July 2012.
Sherri Lynn Wood
Workshops
Sherri Lynn Wood lives in Oakland CA where she improvises quilts as a life practice and blogs about it at daintytime.net. She has an MFA in sculpture from Bard College, a Masters of Theological Studies from Emory University and teaches regularly at Penland School of Craft. Her work has been exhibited and collected in museums and galleries across the country, including Quilt National in 1999 & 2009.