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Teachers
Peggy "PJ" Barkle was raised in Northern California and moved to the Atlanta area in 1995. She discovered quilting on late night television while in the middle of caring for her twins. Like many, she had a room full of crafting supplies that never seemed to hold her interest, until she felt fabric between her fingers. She has been blessed and obsessed ever since. Peggy began working in a local quilt shop in 1997, and began teaching soon afterward. She feels the best students are the beginners, wide eyed and eager. Peggy is a "no rules" kinda gal who teaches a great quilt and a good time. She saves the heirlooms for someone else. Peggy has a fledgling pattern design business, as well as "A Collective Effort Quilting Services" business. Peggy is presently working on her first book.
Joyce R. Becker is a prize-winning quilter who focuses her art, writing, teaching and lecturing on landscapes quilts. Joyce feels blessed to have such a creative profession. Joyce volunteers throughout the quilting community and is one of the founding board members of the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters. She has written many articles that have been published in national magazines. She has also been a guest on "Simply Quilts" and appeared on the PBS series, M'Liss's World of Quilts. Joyce's quilts have been displayed internationally in contests and at invitational exhibits. Joyce has a lively sense of humor and a positive attitude that serves to inspire and inform quilters as she travels throughout the world teaching and lecturing. Joyce is due to have her third book released by C&T Publishing in 2006.
Harriet Hargrave comes from a long line of quilters, her grandmother, mother and several of her 8 aunts were quilters. Harriet mastered machine quilting when the local quilt guilds thought machine piecing was not kosher, let alone machine quilting! She introduced nylon thread and free motion quilting to the quilt world. She spread the word that machine quilting was okay, and that her quilts were "hand quilted with an electric needle". She has worked with H.D. Wilbanks of Hobbs bonded fibers to develop an exceptional line of natural fiber battings to meet quilters' needs. Harriet was chosen by a panel of her peers as one of the 88 Leaders of the Quilt World. She has traveled extensively worldwide since 1985, spreading the word about machine quilting and applique.
Billie Lauder has been teaching quilt making since 1976, and is a third generation quilter. Billie has the ability to make quilt making easy and understandable for every level of quilter. Her teaching techniques and quilts have been featured on "Simply Quilts" seventeen times. Billie develops her own patterns under the name "Patterns by Billie" and has authored numerous books. She currently teaches her various techniques across the United States. Billie is also a certified teacher in Art and Anthropology.
Rosemary Makhan grew up in Nova Scotia where she learned quilt making from her mother. Her first quilt top was a basic nine patch design made from leftover clothing scraps. Her love of sewing and fabric led her to Acadia University where she obtained her B. Sc. in Home Economics. She also graduated from the Home Economics programs at Nova Scotia Teachers College and the Ontario College of Education. She taught high school Family Studies for several years. Rosemary taught adult education classes, becoming the founding president of Halton Quilters' Guild in 1977. She has won many awards for her quilts and in 1993, was chosen Quilting Teacher of the Year by the Canadian Quilting Association. She has lectured and given workshops throughout North America. That Patchwork place has published several of her books and quilt patterns. She especially loves sampler quilts that are based on a theme such as her Biblical Blocks and Rose Sampler Supreme. Rosemary has recently added a new book, More Biblical Quilt Blocks to her list of achievements.
Judy Niemeyer started working from her home in 1976, and spent 17 years sewing, designing, and hand quilting. Over this time, she completed and hand quilted over 400 quilts, many of which were unfinished projects others had left behind. In 1990, she began working and teaching at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell, Montana. There she discovered a love for design and teaching. She was introduced to foundation paper piecing in 1992, and used it as a teaching tool to help beginners improve their sewing skills. In 1997, she began publishing her own quilt designs. Judy Niemeyer Quilting has published 30 patterns designed around traditional patterns using various techniques for foundation piecing. She has toured the U.S. and Canada teaching and promoting the simplicity of foundation paper piecing, curved piecing, and applique.
Ricky Tims is an award-winning quilter and internationally known teacher and lecturer. His innovative and entertaining presentations feature live music and humor combined with scholarly insights and wisdom. His quilts have been displayed worldwide, and are highly regarded as excellent examples of contemporary quilts with traditional appeal. Ricky began designing and making quilts in 1991, and was recently selected as one of "The Thirty Most Distinguished Quilters in the World". Ricky is passionate about quilting and is delighted to share his experience and enthusiasm with quilters of every level of expertise. Ricky has appeared on "Simply Quilts" and has been featured in several major quilting publications.
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