Karla Alexander, Salem, OR; is author of Stack the Deck, Stack a New Deck, New Cuts for New Quilts, and her newest book, Baby Wraps, published by Martingale. She also publishes many of her own patterns under the name, “Saginaw Street Quilt Co.”

Colleen Blackwood, Pendleton, OR; likes to take traditional blocks and rearrange them, then add her own touch to develop new quilt patterns. She is now publishing these patterns under the name “Laughing Lizards Patterns.”

Jeri Boe, Bend, OR; makes quilts for various publications, designs her own quilts, and creates sun-printed fabrics for them. Jeri has co-authored Sun-Kissed Quilts and Quilts for Seasons.

Catherine Conkey, Portland, OR; is one-half of a motherdaughter quilting team. (Judy Johnson is “mother.”) Catherine is working on a series called Contextual Portraiture, which combines traditional piecing and a fusible appliqué technique to depict
people in her quilts.

Jane Davila, Ridgefield, CT; co-author of Art Quilt Workbook, began her professional art career as a printmaker specializing in etchings and intaglios. Many of her prints are in private collections. She teaches art quilting in Somers, NY.

Janet Fogg, Lake Oswego, OR; is an imaginative and prizewinning quilt artist. Her initial background is traditional quilting, with a background as an art director and graphic artist—this shows in her quilts, which are traditional as well as innovative.

Lee Fowler, Portland, OR; is a very inspiring quilter, working with
circles and oval shapes in her quilts to achieve designs all her own. She has a wonderful sense of fabric color and design usage. Lee has published some of her more popular patterns.

Sally Frey, Fortuna, CA; loves working with hand-dyed wools and designs penny rugs using these wools. She also has a great admiration for antique quilts and comes up with her own designs based on these. Sally’s pattern company is “Kenmar Designs.”

Johanna Gibson, Redmond, OR (winters in San Clemente, CA); is our resident landscape quilt artist, translating a favorite photo into a beautiful wall hanging. She also likes to work with large-scale prints and “fracture” them into a beautiful quilt.

Brenda Henning, Anchorage, AK; is known for her graphic pieced quilts as well as her colorful stained glass designs. She runs her small publishing company, Bear Paw Productions, producing many of her own patterns and books, including Mariner’s Compass Quilts - Reach for the Stars.

Ruth Ingham, Sisters, OR; is an expert on quilt conservation and restoration, and an insurance qualified quilt appraiser. Ruth is always working on a new quilt, using fabrics she has gathered in her travels around the world.

June Jaeger, Prineville, OR; has a very recognizable quilt style, making many one-of-a-kind western style quilts using lots of batiks and featuring animals in each one. June publishes her original designs through “Log Cabin Quiltworks.”

Jan Bressler and Lou Shafer, Philomath, OR; our “resident” sister team, they work together and own their own quilt shop, JanniLou Creations, located in an old movie theater building. They are experts at working with Judy Niemeyer’s paper foundation patterns, plus they develop their own quilt patterns to teach.

Judy Johnson, Sunriver, OR; along with her daughter, Catherine Conkey, collaborate, design quilts together and teach together or on their own. Judy’s use of fabrics is exciting to see in her quilts. Her background in mathematics shows through in her designs.

Sarah Kaufman, Bend, OR; has a passion for the folded log cabin technique and loves to teach these classes. Sarah and her vast collection of folded log cabin pieces were featured at the LaConner Quilt Museum last year, and she was also featured quilter at the Sunriver Quilt Show.

Libby Lehman, Houston, TX; has evolved from a traditional handworker to one of the leaders in innovative machine stitching. She has written Threadplay with Libby Lehman and has a quilt in the collection of the Best 100 American Quilts in the 20th Century.

Billie Mahorney, Lake Oswego, OR; designs her own patterns for traditional style quilts in which she gives the traditional quilt a twist all her own. Billie teaches and publishes her own patterns through her company, “Billie Mahorney Patterns.”

Sue McMahan, Sunriver, OR; is a collector of old quilts and gets some of her inspiration for her quilts from these. She makes many quilts using Asian fabrics and that is reflected in her designs, many made with flying geese which she loves teaching.

Ionne McCauley, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada; is co-author of Color For the Terrified Quilter. She spent six years in Australia, learning batik methods and fabric dyeing. This led her to quiltmaking and teaching effective use of colors in quilts.

Vivienne Moore, Salem, OR; has a love for miniature quilts and has made many. Her classes have all the tips to help you create these small quilts very accurately, using paper-piecing skills. Vivienne has just started publishing some of her patterns, “Vivienne Moore Designs.”

Joanne Myers, Bend, OR; has such a wide background and knowledge of quilting that she can answer any question, solve any problem, and come up with great ideas for layout and setting of quilt blocks. She has entered several quilt shows with her Double Wedding Ring quilts.

Velda Newman, Nevada City, CA; is known for her large-scale, mostly organic, contemporary quilt designs. Her work has been featured in many publications, including Quilter’s Newsletter and Threads magazines. She has written Velda Newman: A Painter’s Approach to Quilt Design.

Katie Pasquini Masopust, Santa Fe, NM; is well-known for her landscape and flora quilts. She is now “painting” with fabric and she travels the world teaching contemporary quilt designing. Her latest book is Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter.

Sharon Pederson, Black Creek, British Columbia, Canada; has written several books, including Reversible Quilts, Sensational Sashiko, and co-authored Color for the Terrified Quilter with Ionne McCauley. She enjoys lecturing and teaching quilting classes.

Tonye Belinda Phillips, Camp Sherman, OR; started handappliqué projects years ago and has not stopped since. Between her appliqué quilts, folk art quilts, and hand quilting all of her quilts, plus a book coming out, Tonye always has something going. She also helps coordinate the Pine Needlers Quilt Show.

Kathy Sandbach, Bandon, OR; is a prolific machine quilter, with many quilts appearing in numerous publications. She has written three books, including Show Me How to Machine Quilt, and Show Me How to Plan for My Quilting, from C & T Publishing.

Jane Sassaman, Harvard, IL; is a contemporary quilt artist, fabric designer, author of The Quilted Garden, and teacher to aspiring artists of all backgrounds. Her quilt, “Willow,” was selected as one of the Best 100 American Quilts in the 20th Century. Her fabrics depict her extravagant vision of flora and fauna.

Judy Sisneros, Rocklin, CA; has published 9 Patch Pizzazz, and
has a new book due out in February, Rectangle Pizzazz. She enjoys teaching her techniques and encourages each student to make a unique quilt, even though everyone is learning the same
technique.

Louisa Smith, Loveland, CO; starts with basic strip-piecing methods, adds easy and gentle curves, and “paints” with fabric. Her two books currently available are Strips ‘n Curves and A New Twist on Strips ‘n Curves. She was born in Indonesia, and educated in the Netherlands.

Gabrielle Swain, Watauga, TX; is the author of two books on appliqué, plus a DVD series which includes, Masterclass: Hand Appliqué and Masterclass: Creativity on Demand. Her work, seen in many publications, ranges from realistic to abstract, exploring her relationship with nature in her quilts.

Lawry Thorn, Sisters, OR; is our resident mystery quilt teacher. Lawry has worked at The Stitchin’ Post a long time, and teaches many classes including Absolutely Beginning Quilting. Some of her quilting patterns are available through Stitchin’ Post Publications.