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Teaching Experience
One, Two or Three-Day Classes:
- Quilts & other Comforts: North Bay, Ontario: Spring 2004
"Expressions in Tactile Textures": Class 1: Machine Quilting Techniques
- Halton Hills Quilt Guild: Georgetown, Ontario: Spring 2004
"Beneath Starry Skies": Design Your Own Mariners Compass
Art Experience at Canadore College: North Bay, Ontario: Summer 2003
"Beneath Starry Skies": Design Your Own Mariners Compass
"Expressions In Victorian Des ign": Bed Size Quilt
"Classic Trapunto Techniques"
"Scalloped Finishing Edges"
Weekend B&B Quilting Retreats:
"Expressions In Victorian Design": Bed Size Quilt
Waterloo and Area Quilt Festival: Spring 2002
"Beneath Starry Skies": Design Your Own Mariners Compass
Stitches form the Heart Quilters Guild: Fall 2001
"Expressions In Victorian Design": Bed Size Quilt
Quilts and Other Comforts, North Bay, Ontario: Fall 1999
"Expressions In Victorian Design": Lap Size
It's Sew easy Quilt Shop: Sudbury, Ontario: Fall 1999
"Northern Reflections” Mariners Compass Lap Quilt
Taught non English speaking persons from South America Fall 1999 Near North School Board, North Bay, Ontario Fall 1998
Half-day Workshops:
- Canadian Machine Quitters Association: Spring 2002
“Getting Started in Business” Conquering Whole Cloth with your Short Arm” Selecting Surface Designs and Manipulating your Patterns”
Lectures or Trunk Show:
- “Sew Canada Conference”: Sudbury, Ontario: Fall 1999
History and various design examples of the Mariners Compass
- Stitches from the Heart Quilters Guild: Sault Saint Marie, Ontario: Fall 2001
Care and Feeding of Heirloom Quilts
- Northern Lights Quilters Guild: North Bay, Ontario
Machine Quilting Styles
Original Quilt Designs
- “Celestial Navigation” Mariners Compass Bed Size Design
- “Northern Reflections" Mariners Compass, Large Wall Hanging
- “Star Gazer” Mariners Compass, Small Wall Hanging
- Award Winning: “Victorian Plume” Original Bed Size, Wholecloth Design
- “Fans on Parade” Original Pieced Bed Size Quilt
Published Articles
- Canadian Quilters Magazine: “Stitches From the Heart”
- Almaguin News
- North Bay Nugget
- The Minden Times
- The Haliburton County Echo
Exhibits & Charities:
- Cambrian College: Front Cover of the Continuing Education Calendar
- "Art in Public Places" at the North Bay Ontario Arts Center
July 2 - July 28, 2004
March 2 - April 2, 2003
June 2 - August 2, 2003
- Award Winning “Victorian Plume“:, David M. Stewart Museum in Montréal Quebec
- “Rhapsody in Motion”, Near North Quilt Show
- Warriors of Hope”, Cancer Society
- Canadian Machine Quilters Assoc.: Several Quilts Exhibited
- The Big Cover Up Quilt Show and Auction
Achievements and Awards:3rd Place Machine Quilting Award: In the Canadian Machine Quilters Association in Waterloo, Ontario. Quilt Owner: Paul Roullard
2nd Place Viewers Choice Award: Georgetwon Quilt Show. Quilt Owner: Linda Kittmer
1st Place Ribbon: In the National Juried Show: Harpers Award of Outstanding Traditional Work . Quilt Owner: Jane Vester
1st Place Ribbon: Ernie Eves Trophy
2nd Place Ribbon: Humphrey Township Arts Council
3rd Place Ribbon: Near North Quilt Show