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Tutor Biographies - Overseas www.inekeberlyn.com ine@inekeberlyn.com Ineke Beryln Ineke was born in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands and moved to Bromsgrove in 1978 when she married her British husband. She has two adult children. Ineke has always had a strong interest in textiles before embarking on a City and Guilds Course in Patchwork and Quilting where she developed a love for the landscape around her home in the Lickey Hills and the beautiful views she encountered on her travels. Her first major landscape work: the “Omaha” quilt – based on a photograph taken at the landing beaches of Normandy, was chosen to form part of the ‘Transforming Tradition’ Exhibition organised by the Quilters Guild of the British Isles. “Omaha” also won a First prize at Quilts UK. Since then many of her quilts have won major awards and have travelled to Europe, Japan and Canada. She teaches regularly in the UK and overseas. Her book “Landscape in Contemporary Quilts” is out now and she is working on her second book for publication in 2009. www.denacrain.com/blog dena@denacrain.com Dena Crain With formal training in textiles and design, Dena began quilting when she moved to her home at Lake Baringo, Kenya, in 1991. She explored symmetry analysis in quilt design and developed design and construction methods that now form the basis for her online classes at Quilt University, where she has taught since 2004. Dena moved easily into art quilting, and has had numerous solo and joint exhibitions of her work in Nairobi, as well as exhibited internationally. A conceptual quilter and surrealist artist, Dena has developed many unusual ways of resolving creative obstacles. Her signature series, Spirit Works, is a remarkable method of quilting first and painting later, with no pre-conceived design whatsoever! Dena has taught in Kenya, South Africa, the UK and at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. She is also a Professional Artist Member and Zone Representative for Africa for Studio Art Quilt Associates. www.sandicummings.com sandic@silcon.com Sandi Cummings Sandi Cummings is a contemporary art quilter from California. She balances her time between a national teaching and lecturing schedule at guilds and conferences and, most importantly, her art quilt creations. Sandi’s quilts have been exhibited in national shows such as the International Quilt Festivals, Quilt National and Visions. She sells her contemporary quilts through an art consultant and has more than 200 quilts in both private and corporate collections. Sandi has written a quilting book, Thinking Outside the Block, published by C&T Publishing and released in 2004. It leads quilters through easy steps to enable them to design and create their own artistic quilts that reflect their personal preferences and own individuality. It offers a bridge into the world of contemporary quiltmaking. In her classes Sandi emphasises experimentation and encourages and facilitates students to develop original design concepts in a supportive atmosphere. She wants her students to work hard, but have fun. lynne_edwards@tiscali.co.uk Lynne Edwards Lynne Edwards is an internationally-known quilt designer, teacher and author and has taught worldwide. She writes regularly for UK quilt magazines and has published five books including her latest, “Cathedral Window Quilts”, published in 2008. Utilising her wide experience with the tools used by quilters, several years ago Lynne began working with a British company, Creative Grids UK, to create a new line of non-slip rulers for use with the rotary cutter in a variety of shapes and designs. Lynne has won several awards, including The International Quilt Association’s Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship for Teachers in 1992. In 2000, she was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award by The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles and, in 2002, was given the prestigious Amy Emms Memorial Trophy at the annual British National Quilt Show, ’Quilts UK.’ In 2008 she was awarded an MBE for services to Arts and Crafts. www.annfleeton-quiltartist.com fleeton@eircom.net Ann Fleeton Ann Fleeton is a quilt maker from Dublin, Ireland. Her training as a geologist and study of art history influence both the colour and texture of her work. She taught patchwork, embroidery and felt making in Ireland, the UK, Germany and Switzerland. She lectures regularly including five times at Quilt Expo, 1996-2004. Her work was included in major European quilt exhibitions, European Art Quilts 2 and 3 and the 2nd and 3rd European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany. She also exhibited in France, USA and Japan and was published in books and magazines. She won first prize in the ‘New Materials for the New Millennium’ Exhibition in Alsace in 2001 and was the overall award winner of the National Crafts Competition and Exhibition at the Royal Dublin Society in 2000 and 2002. In 2004 she received from the Irish Patchwork Society the Monica Norman Trophy for innovation in quilt making. www.quilters-haven.co.uk karinhellaby@btinternet.com Karin Hellaby Karin Hellaby was born in the north-east of England of Norwegian parents. She studied for a Home Economics degree in Education from the University of Wales. She now lives in Suffolk, UK and is the owner of one of the UK’s leading quilt shops – Quilters Haven. In 1998 Karin won the Michael Kile Award, International retailer of the year. Karin loves travelling, and has enjoyed teaching at the International quilt markets and festivals in the USA, UK, Europe and Dubai. In 2006 and 2007 Karin was invited to teach at the largest outdoor quilt show in the world, an annual event in Sister’s, Oregon where she was invited to hold a one woman quilt display. Her four wonderful resource books bring quilt making into the 21st century offering students multi-techniques with new concepts. Karin’s workshops illustrate her philosophy well – several types of patchwork taught and sewn in one class and then stitched into an original pattern design, very achievable and lots of fun! www.libbylehman.us threadplay@aol.com Libby Lehman Libby Lehman began making quilts 36 years ago when her mother signed them up for a basic class. She has evolved from a traditional handworker to one of the leaders in innovative machine stitching. Her quilts have won many awards and appear in private, corporate, and museum collections, including The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, VISA International, and Fairfield Processing Corporation. She wrote “Threadplay with Libby Lehman” and her quilts have appeared in many books and international publications. Her quilt “Joy Ride” was chosen as one of the Best 100 American Quilts of the 20th Century. In 2004 Bernina awarded Libby their prestigious Quilt Leadership Award. Nihon Vogue named her one of the 88 Leaders of the Quilt World. Libby lives in Houston, Texas, her native city, with her husband, Lester. They have a 36-year-old son, Les, Jr. who is an acclaimed fly fisherman. www.sandrameech.com Texarts@aol.com Sandra Meech Originally from Ontario, Canada, with a fine art and design background, Sandra lives in the UK and has taught and exhibited in stitched textiles for 12 years. Her research during the Higher Diploma in Stitched Textiles at Windsor was about the Inuit people and the landscape of Arctic Canada, and it became a favourite theme for many years. Recent subjects like ‘Within 4 Walls’ – dealing with containment, security, protection and inspiration brought new textures and surfaces into her work. At the moment her art quilts, often in black and white, with limited colour, focus on forests and woodlands at risk from global warming, drought, fire and urban development. Transferred imagery, diary writings and painted surfaces with ‘off the wall’ dimensions can be seen in recent pieces. As a member of ‘Quilt Art’, the international group of contemporary quilters, ‘Studio 21’ (UK) and ‘Connections’ (Canada) both stitched textile groups, she exhibits worldwide and has work in collections in the UK, Germany, Ireland, Canada and the USA. Sandra Meech is author of “Contemporary Quilts&ldots; Design, Surface and Stitch” (2003) and “Creative Quilts&ldots; Inspiration, Texture and Stitch” (2006) both by BT Batsford. www.jdmeyer.com jdmeyer@jdmeyer.com Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer grew up in New York, where her parents kept her supplied with colored pencils and her uncle taught her to sew. It wasn’t until she saw her college roommate’s quilt her fist day at university that she combined her art making and sewing skills and incorporated textiles in her art practice. She and her husband raised their two sons in Oregon, where she teaches surface design and art quilt construction in the studio school of the Oregon College of Art and Craft and makes frequent trips to the airport to teach and lecture at art centers and quilt conferences. Jeannette’s art, constructed from her hand-dyed and discharged fabric, has been shown internationally at solo, juried, and invitational exhibits and has appeared in many publications, including The Art Quilt, Surface, Fiberarts, and Quilts Japan. She has served as a juror for art quilt exhibitions and writes about art and quiltmaking for general interest and textile publications. Jeannette is co-editor of “Speaking in Cloth, 6 Quilters, 6 Voices”, a book which accompanied the exhibit she curated with Ann Johnston as it travelled from art museums in the US to three galleries in New Zealand. Jeannette was the grateful recipient of an artist’s residency at the Christchurch Arts Centre in 2007. She looks forward to teaching and making art as long as her suitcases are under the weight limit, her coloured pencils are sharp and her sewing machine is oiled. www.paulanadelstern.com Needlestar@aol.com Paula Nadelstern Paula Nadelstern’s awardwinning quilts have been exhibited internationally, in solo exhibits mounted at The Museum of the American Quilters Society, Houston International Quilt Festival, in New York City and Japan, on television shows and online websites, and in books and magazines. Her work was included in the 20th Century’s 100 Best American Quilts, a prestigious exhibit mounted for the millennium and has inspired industrial products including the vast carpet in the Hilton Americas hotel, in Houston, TX. Paula is the author of “Kaleidoscopes & Quilts”, “Snowflakes & Quilts”, “Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabric”, and Paula Nadelstern’s “Kaleidoscope Quilts” to be published in the fall of 2008. She was a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1995 and 2001, and from The Bronx Council of the Arts in 1996. Paula designs textile prints exclusively for Benartex, Inc. and travels extensively teaching her unique kaleidoscopic quiltmaking techniques. www.sue.nickels.com nickquilt@aol.com Sue Nickels Sue has been quilting for 28 years, starting by handand gradually focusing on machine work. Sue has been teaching machine techniques for the past 18 years. Sue has taught and lectured nationally for shops, guilds and major conferences, including AQS, IQA and NQA. She has also taught internationally in England, Norway and Spain. Sue’s major awards include 1998 AQS Best of Show for “The Beatles Quilt” made by Sue and her sister, Pat Holly. Their quilt, “The Space Quilt” won the 2003 IQA Master of Machine Artistry Award and the 2004 AQS Machine Workmanship Award. Sue’s books include “Machine Appliqué: A Sampler of Techniques” and “Machine Quilting: A Primer of Techniques”. Her new book “Stitched Raw Edge Appliqué” is co-authored with Pat and was released in February 2006. Sue’s priority in the workshops she teaches is to provide a relaxed environment for students to learn machine techniques that are timesaving. Sue emphasises the best quality workmanship, never compromising quality for speed! www.vikkipignatelli.com vikkip@juno.com Vikki Pignatelli A professional quilt-artist, designer, international teacher, lecturer and author, Vikki and her award-winning quilts have been featured in many books, international publications and exhibitions. A self-taught artist experienced in painting and sculpture, Vikki enjoys a passion for colour and flowing designs. She is the author of two books “Quilting Curves” (Quilt Digest Press, 2001) and “Quilting By Improvisation” (Dragon Threads, 2006). Also, Vikki has written numerous “how-to” articles published in Quilter’s Newsletter, AQS and Quilting Arts magazines. Vikki is the founder and co-chairwoman of ‘Sacred Threads’, a quilt exhibition displaying artwork that explores themes of spirituality, joy, inspiration, healing and grief. Vikki resides with Denny, her husband of 40 years. Deeply influenced by his bout with cancer and recovery in 1993, most of Vikki’s artwork now concentrates on the themes of healing, spirituality, hope, and inspiration. In her writings and teaching, Vikki’s focus is to encourage, nurture and develop the artistry and self-confidence within each quilter. Vikki and Denny enjoy travelling and photography and dance for relaxation. jtown@enter.net Jane Townswick Jane Townswick is an accomplished author, editor, teacher and former quilt shop owner. She has been an instructor at the esteemed Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy since 2000 and her work has been featured in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine and American Quilter magazine. She is the author of three books published by Martingale & Company, including “Color-Blend Appliqué” (2003). Jane lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and lectures and teaches workshops throughout the USA. www.jennybowker.com jenny.bowker@gmail.com Jenny Bowker Jenny has been quilting for eleven years. She started when she realised that working as an electron Microscopist and trailing the Middle East after a husband who was a career diplomat were contradictory occupations. In an effort to find a more portable career she went back to university for four years full time – at forty five. Just for fun, after graduation, she made just one quilt. A year later, hopelessly addicted to quilting, she was showing a friend in Jerusalem a few basics and realised that she had found a portable career. Showing other people how to use patchwork and quilting as a medium to do anything has taken her all over the world and in the last few years she has taught in Australia, New Zealand, Ramallah, Malaysia, Singapore, France, Iran, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Thailand, Brazil, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Kuwait, Egypt, Syria and USA. She was nominated for Teacher of the Year in 2002. www.haddrickonfabric.com.au haddrick@esc.net.au Julie Haddrick Julie Haddrick is an exciting name on the Australian quilting scene who enjoys great successes with her quilt making. Recognised for her teaching, public speaking and for her highly original, prize winning contemporary art quilts, Julie exhibits widely, both locally and overseas. Known best for her botanical, animal and bird quilts, Julie has quite a following for her 30 plus quilt patterns, that utilise appliqué and stained glass techniques. Teaching Art Design and Textiles for 30 years, Julie is a highly experienced educator, artist and quilt maker. She is an inspirational, professional and generous quilting teacher, keen to share her knowledge and her love of quilt making. Julie nurtures, challenges and extends the boundaries of quilting as an art form for each of her students. She encourages risk taking and mistake making, developing artistic and technical skills whilst exploring the creative and personal expression that nurtures the individual ‘voice’ of each participant. www.kayhaerland.com khaer@bigpond.net.au Kay Haerland Growing up in unspoiled New Zealand, Kay developed a strong love of nature, which is a constant source of inspiration for her. Her quilts are often intricately realistic, the result of much research. She moved to Australia in 2002, after 20 years of living and quilting in USA, and she is now very much part of the Australian quilting community. Her quilt “A different view” won 1st place in the pictorial category and Viewers Choice in the 2007 Sydney Quilt Show. Although pictorial quilts is her main body of work, Kay continues to experiment with designs, techniques and materials. Her work has been exhibited in Europe, USA, Canada and Japan, and published in premier quilt magazines in several countries. She thoroughly enjoys getting quilters to share her enthusiasm about making landscape and pictorial quilts, helping them look at nature and fabric in a whole new way for them. judyhooworth@ozemail.com.au Visit: www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au Judy Hooworth Well known throughout Australia and the international contemporary quilt world for her dynamic sense of colour and design, Judy also maintains a studio art quilt practice and a busy teaching schedule. She has taught and exhibited her work internationally, winning many prizes and awards, including the Award of Excellence at the inaugural Beyond The Border exhibition, and Best of Show in One Step Further. Her quilts have appeared in the major Australian contemporary quilt shows, and overseas, shows include Visions, The Quilted Surface, and Quilt National ’93, ’97, ’99, ’01. Judy has written three books, “Razzle Dazzle Quilts”, and “Spectacular Scraps”, and “Quilts on the Double” (both with Margaret Rolfe). Her quilt Crossroads #2 appeared on the cover of Quilters Newsletter Magazine Jan 2006; and examples of her studio art quilts can be seen in “Art quilts: A Celebration”, Lark books 2005.   www.glorialoughman.com loughman@iinet.net.au Gloria Loughman Gloria Loughman lives in Clifton Springs, a coastal town just over an hour from Melbourne. She is a trained secondary teacher having worked mainly in the literacy and special education faculties. Her initiation into the world of patchwork occurred approximately 20 years ago when she was recovering from a course of chemotherapy. Over the years she has dabbled in many areas of patchwork. After completing some studies in art, she began to make her large vivid landscape quilts depicting the Australian bush. These quilts have won many major awards, in Australia and overseas. Her quilt “Kimberley Mystique” was the winner of Australia’s national quilting award in 2003. As well as being in demand as a teacher, Gloria has curated eight exhibitions of Australian quilts to the United States and has had the privilege of judging at many major shows. She has had a number of solo exhibitions, including an exhibition at the prestigious NEC Show in Birmingham, UK. Her book, “Luminous Landscapes”, was released by C&T in January 2007 and is proving to be very popular. Her classes have proved to be very popular with lots of students coming back for a second or third class. susanmathews@westnet.com.au Visit: www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au Susan Matthews Having had a passion for textiles all her life, Susan has made quilts since 1975. Her quilts are often inspired by the Australian environment and may include machine appliqué, various printing techniques, hand dyed and hand painted fabrics, and free motion stitching. Her own drawings, photographs and prints are the basis of most of her work. Other pieces are constructed improvisationally with the work taking its own form as it grows. Dense machine quilting and thread use is her hallmark. She finds pattern and colour, both bold and subtle, hugely attractive. Susan has exhibited widely in both group and solo exhibitions and has won numerous awards notably the inaugural Australian National Quilting Award (2001). Other awards of note include four Best of Shows and she has been Runner-up to Best of Show twice. Susan continually challenges herself in exploring techniques, materials and concepts. www.bethmillerquilts.com bethmiller50@bigpond.com Beth Miller Beth Miller has been involved in quilt making for over 25 years and has been an accredited teacher since 1991. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally for many years and has received numerous awards for her work including first place in the 2006 World Quilt Competition in the Innovative category. Her early work was predominately pieced geometric designs, but in more recent years she has concentrated upon hand and fused appliqué using the Australian landscape as inspiration. She has continued with pieced designs but prefers more contemporary quilt making. Qualifications in screen-printing and fabric decoration help Beth to create bright and unusual fabrics. Her method of free rotary cutting and template use produces unique and interesting patterns and designs. www.stargazey.com jan@stargazey.com Jan Mullen With a B.Ed Art/craft majoring in Textiles and Sculpture the creative life could have taken Jan down many paths. For well over a decade though, she has reveled in being a part of the Quilting Industry. Known to many under the business name “Stargazey” she has spent these years developing contemporary piecing and appliqué techniques in her distinctive bright and crooked style. Starting with teaching classes locally, the demand for patterns came quickly and commercial pattern production commenced. This strong interest in education and technical writing has produced three books published by C&T (USA) – “Cut Loose Quilts”, “Reverse Appliqué With No Brakez” and “Free & Eazy Circles”. Each book explores less structured approaches to quilt making. Designing fabrics for Marcus Brothers though, is probably what she is best known for. With twenty-one collections produced to date, her colourful and bold style is easily recognizable. www.thimblelady.com thimblelady@bigpond.com Liuxin Newman Liuxin, aka Thimblelady™, is a renowned quilter known for her pain free hand quilting technique and ultra fine needle turn appliqué. Liuxin’s research, innovation and teaching are highly original. This is evidenced by the successful patent of her cone thimble series and the many major awards she has won in the most prestigious contests around the world, such as, Houston International Quilt Festival, Tokyo International Quilt Festival and Yokohama International Quilt Festival. Her multi-cultural experience characterises her work as a teacher and quilter in the finest quality. Her scientific approach to quilt making and teaching has won her great reputation with quilters. She has taught continuously at major international quilting conferences purely based on the high quilters’ demands for her classes. She shares her knowledge through teaching, writing her regular column in the Quilter’s Companion Magazine and her free eNewsletter and online videos on her ever expanding website. judy_turner@mail.com Judy Turner Judy is influenced by colour and its potential and this is reflected in her quilts. She mainly works with simple strips while exploring possibilities in both colour and design. Her work is constantly changing and has included colourwash quilts, contemporary woollen quilts, scrap quilts and quilts with a Japanese influence. Judy has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas (including Quilt National). She was invited to make a quilt for the exhibition ‘Japanese Imagery in Contemporary Quilts’. It was the making of this quilt, which inspired Judy’s popular Quilt as you go Sashiko workshop. Judy is an experienced quilting teacher who has taught for the past 26 years. She is well known for her use of colour and her willingness to share her knowledge. Many of Judy’s quilts have been published and “Awash With Colour” (JB Fairfax 1997) was her first solo publication. Judy co-authored “Successful Scrap Quilts from Simple Rectangles” with Margaret Rolfe, (Martingale 2002).            Go to NZ Tutors                   Top of Page                     Back to Classlist

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