New Zealand Globe Youtube Dianne has had a full and varied life immersed in patchwork & quilting since 1985, including owning a quilt shop for more than 36 years and teaching patchwork since 1988. Pattern and colour play a big part in her choices, with piecing, machine applique and machine quilting featuring in most of […]
New Zealand I have been an avid quilter for 28 years, starting when I signed up to a night class at the local college. Little did I know just what an impact that class would have on my life. I love all things quilting and I’m not sure if I have a style of quilting […]
Australia Globe Deborah’s love of colour, sewing and textiles started when she was a young girl growing up in Sydney in the family textiles business which specialised in hand dyeing laces and beautiful fabrics. Deborah studied colour and design at college before commencing work in the textile-printing industry but her true passion was found later […]
United States Globe Instagram Facebook Globe Deborah Boschert is an artist, author and teacher. She creates art quilts with layers of fabric, paint and stitching. The personal symbols and details in her work reflect her experiences and feelings about places she’s lived and the things she’s done. In her art quilts, the tiny details are […]
New Zealand Globe Debby Williams is a resident of Queenstown and a tutor with more than 30 years of quilting experience. She has been honoured with many national level quilt awards for her unique designs and meticulous attention to detail. Through more than twenty years of holding classes, Debby has had hundreds of loyal happy […]
United States Globe Instagram David is a modern quilter, graphic designer, print and textile artist, and was the 2020 President of the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild. He creates richly layered contemporary artwork and modern minimal quilt and textile designs. For over 20 years, David has exhibited his stitched paper artwork in galleries and juried shows […]
Australia Facebook Globe Clare Smith is a textile artist and costume maker based in Wellington. She has a Teaching Diploma, a Graduate Diploma in Visual arts and a Diploma in Costume Construction from Toi Whakaari (the New Zealand Drama School). She recently completed a Diploma in Maori Visual Arts (Raranga – Weaving) at Te Wananga […]
Australia Instagram Facebook Chris Jurd lives in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney and has been quilting for over 40 years. She started teaching 21 years ago and has a busy schedule of classes throughout the year at various shops in Sydney, regional NSW and interstate. She has been on the faculty for New Zealand’s Quilt […]
New Zealand Globe Wellington based textile artist, Cherie Gurney has been honing her quilting skills since 2008. Originally from the fashion industry in which she trained through Wellington Polytech, Cherie has been working with fabric for over four decades. Cherie likes to explore and push boundaries with her own designs using fabric, thread, dye and […]
New Zealand Globe Facebook Youtube Instagram Kia ora! I am an award-winning textile and quilt artist. My work depicts narratives of the natural world, and my medium is cloth, needle, and thread. I am deeply inspired by the unique culture, flora, and fauna of Aotearoa and by trying to capture the distinctive colours surrounding us. […]
New Zealand Globe Facebook Catherine comes from Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand and has been a textile artist for more than thirty years. She is into surface design and creating original fabrics for her works and for sale. Catherine has taught both surface design and specific projects both in New Zealand and […]
USA Globe Globe Youtube Instagram Facebook Teaching others to love the art of free motion machine quilting is my passion. My art background brings a unique voice to the process, encouraging students to see quilting as a way to communicate. Using progressive, step by step learning, students accomplish elaborate results, without the fear of “knowing […]
