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Quilt Artists

Carol Taylor - Quilt Artist/Teacher: Internationally known, award-winning quilt artist, Carol Taylor approaches her quilt making with intensity and seemingly boundless energy, and has created over 485 quilts since she began quilting in 1993. Her quilts are contemporary in style and often abstract in design, emphasizing color, contrast and value relationships.
Darlene Christopherson - traditional appliqué.  Lectures and workshops
David Walker - Artist-Teacher-Quiltmaker
Doughty Designs, - specializing in landscape and art quilt commissions.
DreamCastle Quilts - DreamCastle Quilts, Owned by Quiltmaker and Quilt Teacher, Betty Dietz
Jan Krentz - Jan's website features her signature Lone Star Quilts. She includes a free lesson on cutting accurate shapes and a set of definitions for beginner, intermediate, advanced and professional quilter. If you wonder where YOU stand, go look at
Jean McLaughlin Cowie - Contemporary quilts and embellished fabrics
Kit Robinson
Maria Elkins - Maria is an award winning artist who loves creating original loves creating original art quilts, especially ones featuring portraits and figures.
Marilyn Belford - pictorial quilt artist. Workshops, Galleries.
Mary Kerr - Quilter, Teacher. Lecturer and American Quilt Society certified appraiser
Nancy Rink Designs - Quilt designer who offers quilts, patterns and hand dyed fabrics for sale.
Pat Sloan - Pat Sloan - Creating fun quilts for everyday quilters!
Patricia McLaughlin - is a pictorial quilt artist in Great Britain.
Quilting Patterns from Helen Squire - As a quilt teacher, designer of quilting patterns, guest lecturer, auctioneer, and Q & A columnist for three decades, Helen Squire has the experience to answer your questions on quilt making
Susan Leslie Lumsden - Silk ARTQUILTS feature hand dyes, glistening metallics and dynamic quilting for residential, hospitality, corporate and healthcare environments
Wendy Butler Berns - Wendy is a published, award winning, quilt artist who lectures and teaches nationally. Her original art quilts are noted for their bold use of color, unusual fabrics and a combination of unconventional techniques. WEndy particularly loves texture and creating picture image machine applique quilts all with their unique stories.

Groups


Alliance for American Quilts
American Quilt Study Group - Our goal is to develop a responsible and accurate body of information about quilts and their makers.
American Quilter's Society
Cabin Branch Quilters
Fiber Art Postcards - American Cancer Society Fundraiser
Fiber Artists @ Loose Ends - Fiber Artists @ Loose Ends is dedicated to encourage members to explore new ideas and techniques and to inspire and nurture creativity. By sharing our work in private and public venues we will express our passion for the textile medium.
Healing Quilts in Medicine - This site is a resource for participating quilt artists to review meeting dates, Chemo Source lists, and quilt guidelines for the latest project.
Mason Dixon Quilt Professional Network - Become a member or look for a professional who offers a service you need, such as appraising, quilting or judging.
National Quilting Association
Quilters Hall of Fame
Surface Design Association - Membership organization for textile practitioners, studio artists,industrial designers, educators, technicians, curators, gallery owners ... .
Virginia Consortium of Quilters - State quilt guild with calendar and extensive listing of teachers in US and Canada

Artists

Fraser Smith- Sculpture. These exquisite hand carved quilts from basswood appear as though they were created from cloth.
Jeff Golden
Sharon Good- Sharon Good, CC (Good Life Coaching) is a Life, Career and Creativity Coach who helps all types of artists enhance their creativity and build successful careers. Sharon's background as an actress, photographer, writer and graphic designer helps her to understand the unique needs and passions of creative people. Sharon teaches classes on career and coaching for New York University, the Life Purpose Institute and the 92nd Street Y. She is the author of "The Tortoise Workbook: Strategies for Getting Ahead at Your Own Pace" and the e-newsletter, "Living the Creative Life."

Quilt Related Business

Batiks Etcetera & Sew What Fabrics
Bellwether Dry Goods
Fabric Inspirations- Fabric Inspirations Online shop sells quality patchwork and quilting fabrics at reasonable prices. We have batiks from Bali and printed cotton fabrics from Robert Kaufman, Michael Miller and Kona Bay collections.
Fabrics Ala Carte
Fat Quarter Shop- Online site specializing in bundles of fat quarters. They carry Moda, Benartex, P&B Textiles, RJR Fabrics, Timeless Treasures, Marcus Brothers.
Professional Quilter Magazine- Resource for all professionals in the quilt field, teachers, designers, quilters and shop owners. Editor, Morna Golletz.
Quilt Doctor- Repair work for antique and modern quilts.
Quilt Professionals Directory- The Directory helps you to locate quilt shops, quilting supplies and services, quilters, teachers, guilds, judges and appraisers around the world or on the web.
Quilt University - Take quilt classes online. Over 100 classes and more than 30 instructors allow you to expand your horizons. Free sample class.
Quit Camp
Sew Thankful- A retailer & distributor of Valdani Threads. Tracy L. Chapman, Owner (Sewthankful1@aol.com)
SewBatik- Online Merchants of Fine Batik and Hand-dyed Fabrics
The Academy of Art University- The Academy of Art University is one of the few digital animation degree schools that offers a broad range of animation courses in character animation, visual effects & 3D modeling, video game design and offers accredited BFA and MFA degrees.
The Backroom Quilter - The Backroom Quilter offers products for hand quilters.
USA Quilt Guide- Listing of teachers, shops, sites, services.
Vaishali Mane- offers assorted designs for embroidery digitizing and some oil paintings of quilt blocks on her site.
Virginia Quilt Museum- The Virginia Quilt Museum is open to the public as a resource center for the study of the role of quilts and quilting in the cultural life of society. The Museum offers opportunities to view significant work by both early and contemporary quilt artisans.
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