OUR TEACHING STAFF
 

KARLA ALEXANDER
     Quilt designer and author, Karla Alexander lives in beautiful Salem OR, and is the author of Stack the Deck! Crazy Quilts in 4 Easy Steps! She was a featured artist on Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson in July of 2002. In addition to her books, she has released her own line of patterns under the name Saginaw Street Quilt Company. She has been a featured teacher at many quilt retreats and has taught thousands of students how to quilt using a variety of methods including her own stack methods. Karla's philosophy regarding quilting is to enjoy the process, learn from your experience and take what you learn from one project on to the next. As a teacher she enthusiastically inspires her students to discover and create their own individual style in their quilt making journeys. With all the many things to worry about, she believes quilting isn't one of them, but rather a time to experience the "creative flow" & enjoy.
 

MELINDA BULA
     Melinda has been in love with fabric all of her life and knew when she was 16 years old that she was going to be an artist.  She worked as a flight attendant for 8 years, in the interior design field for 15 years and with her husband started a wallpaper and fabric design business.  But quilting and wearable arts have always been her first love.  Her sense of color and design has won her numerous awards.  She has developed a line of patterns and authored "Cutting Garden Quilts".  She uses fabric and thread to create beautifully artistic quilts.  She lives in El Dorado Hills, CA with her husband, Joe.  Son, Matt is in college at Chico State.
 

JACQUELINE DE JONGE
     Jacqueline's "Be Colourful" pattern line is nothing short of spectacular, and seeing her quilts hanging will change the way you think about color forever.  Born in 1960, she has been a Dutch quilter since 1978. In 2004, she entered the European Quilt Championship and won the Color Trophy.  After winning this trophy, Jacqueline started the "Be Colorful" pattern company.  Although she designs patterns with a certain difficulty in technique and use of color, they still have the traditional touch.  Jacqueline lives in the Netherlands in Delft, a small town between The Hague and Rotterdam.  Delft is very famous for its Delft Blue Pottery.  But it is also famous for a very colorful quilter whose goal is to inspire a younger generation of quilters with her use of colors. 

 

NANCY EHA  
     A contemporary quilt artist who uses beads as an important design element best describes Nancy Eha.  She has authored two books dealing with the creative process and beading as well as numerous articles in US and international magazines and books.  Embellishing quilts with colorful beads has kept her stimulated for over fourteen years.  Nancy lives just minutes east of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota in the historic town of Stillwater.

 
 

CRISTY FINCHER
     Genetics?  Maybe.  Cristy is the daughter of Sharon Schamber and seems to have inherited Sharon's love of fabric and sewing.  She grew up watching her mom sew and was the recipient of many "princess dresses".  All grown up now, she has been an elementary school teacher and mom and most recently co-authored "Piece by Piece" with Sharon.  She teaches Piec-liqué, paperless paper piecing and Sharon's unique method of appliqué.  In addition she is owner of Purple Daisies where you can order hand-dyed fabrics, patterns, CDs, and notions needed to create beautiful applique quilts.  Cristy lives in Tempe, AZ with husband Clay, son Aaron and daughter Molly.
 

PAM HOLLAND
     Pam is a Quilt Teacher, Author, Photographer, Designer and a quilter for the past 18 years.  Her training as a photographer and fashion designer have held her in good stead as a quilt designer.  But, then again, having a family of 15+ has taught her a few lessons too!!!!  Yes, 13 children!  Pam is the winner of the 2003 Best of Show Award at the Houston International Quilt Festival and the 2001/2 Jewell Pierce Patterson Award for International Quilt Teachers.  Pam lives in South Australia where her family also includes 10 white doves, 2 dogs and 2 cats and (according to Pam) the most gorgeous grandchildren you have ever seen.
    

 

PAULA NADELSTERN
     Paula Nadelstern, the author of Kaleidoscopes & Quilts and Snowflakes & Quilts, travels extensively teaching her unique kaleidoscopic quiltmaking techniques. Her award-winning quilts have been featured internationally in exhibits, including solo exhibits mounted at The Museum of the American Quilters Society, Houston International Quilt Festival and in Japan. Paula’s quilts have also been featured on television shows and online websites, and in books and magazines. One quilt was included in the “Twentieth Century’s 100 Best American Quilts”, a prestigious exhibit mounted for the millennium. A recipient of Artists’ Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2001 and 1995, and The Bronx Council on the Arts in 1996, Paula designs textile prints exclusively for Benartex, Inc. Paula's home is in Bronx, New York.  Paula’s website is: www.paulanadelstern.com
 

MARTHA NORDSTRAND
     Martha has been quilting off and on for over 50 years, but seriously for the last 16.  She loves flowers and gardening which is a challenge in the desert, so her flowers end up being fabric.  She came to Arizona via California and way back when, the South, where she was born into a family of dedicated needleworkers.  She has wandered through every style of appliqué and after much experimentation, created her own new way to prepare and apply appliqué pieces to the background fabric.  She loves teaching and sharing this method with all levels of quiltmakers.  She loves Arizona scenery, environment and weather and wakes up each morning with a new inspiration for another appliqué project.

 
 

KATIE PASQUINI MASOPUST

     Quilting for over 25 years Katie has traveled the world and been featured in Quilter's Newsletter, Fiber Arts, and American Quilter's Society magazines.  She has won many awards throughout her quilting career but considers Best of Show at the 1982 and 1986 Houston Quilt Festival and at the Pacific International Quilt Show in 1994 her best achievements.  Her quilt "Rio Hondo" was selected for inclusion in "The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts".  She is the author of "Mandala: For Contemporary Quilt Designs and Other Mediums", "The Contemporary Sampler", "3 Dimensional Design", "Isometric Perspective", "Fractured Landscape Quilts" and "Ghost Layers + Color Washes".  Katie was the 2005 recipient of the Silver Star Award at Houston Quilt Festival.
 
  JOANIE ZEIER POOLE
 Heirloom machine quilting is one of the most popular new trends in the quilting world, and Joanie Zeier Poole has mastered that art using a standard sewing machine!  She teaches quilters her innovative and timesaving techniques, helps you chose just the right fabrics, shows you how to customize designs, and distinctive embellishments to put your personal touch on every project.  For 20 years she owned a home decorating business so easily ventured into designing images for hand and machine quilting.  Many awards have come her way for her hand appliqué and machine quilted pieces.  She is one of 20 teachers from the US honored to be a Bernina National Teacher to discuss how the sewing machine is used in various avenues of the industry.  She is an award-winning quiltmaker, teacher, graphic designer and author.  She lives in Madison, WI with her husband and two sons in college.
 
 

SHARON SCHAMBER
     Sharon has a long history in textiles. She was designer and the master pattern maker for Deja Vu/Time & Eternity Fashions in Scottsdale, Arizona for over 20 years. After retiring from that business in 1994, she has devoted her energies to designing and making beautiful award winning quilts. One of her most recognizable works is Sitting Bull.  Many of her works of art are painted with fabric paints as well as thread.  She started like most of us with the wrong fabric, wrong needles and wrong batting.  Learn what she has found brings success in all your quiltmaking projects.   Sharon was named the winner of Best of Show award at the 2005 Houston International Quilt Festival with her magnificent quilt "Scarlet Serenade".  Her "Sedona Rose" quilt won Best of Show at the 2006 AQS Show in Paducah and her "Flower of Life" won Best of Show in 2007. Sharon is the first to win the top award two years in a row!  Her "Spirit of Mother Earth" was chosen to receive Gammill's longarm machine quilting award and Viewer's Choice at the AQS 2008 Show.  Sharon has recently been awarded the title of Master Quilter from the National Quilting Association. 

 
 

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