Susan Brubaker
Knapp is a fiber artist,
author, teacher, and
host of “Quilting Arts
TV.” Most of her work
is realistic and is made primarily using
the techniques of wholecloth painting,
thread sketching, and fusible appliqué.
She lives near Charlotte, North
Carolina, and teaches internationally.
bluemoonriver.com
Diane L. Murtha is a
quilter, fiber artist,
lecturer, and instructor.
Her quilts are included
in three published
books and multiple juried exhibits and
international shows traveling the
country. She loves to challenge herself
and others through quilting and
thinking out of the box. After many
years in Germany and Northern
Virginia, she currently resides in Iowa.
dianelmurtha.com
Mel Beach is a San
Jose, California-based
quilt artist, teacher, and
lecturer. She stretches
her creativity through
photography, comedy improv studies,
and the completion of 70+ quilt
challenges at the local and
international level. Her modern,
beautifully textured, and colorful quilts
can be seen on her website.
melbeachquilts.com
Enid Gjelten
Weichselbaum is an
avid maker. As a child,
she was always making
something from
salvaged fabric, paper, string, wood, or
interesting rocks. She is still happiest
when creating. Art quilting is Enid’s
third career. She loves colors, textures,
fibers, and interpreting experiences
and images into quilts. Her design
book is full of inspiration for the
projects to come.
enidgjelten.comJulie B. Booth is a
surface design artist,
teacher, and author of
Fabric Painting At
Home. She has written
articles for Quilting Arts Magazine
and appeared on “Quilting Arts TV.”
Julie teaches numerous classes in hand
stitching as an expressive art form
including telling stories and sharing
memories in cloth and creating
appliquéd and stitched works with a
healing message.
threadbornblog.comPatricia Kennedy-Zafred has
been telling stories through art quilts
for over 30 years. Her award-winning
artwork has been exhibited nationally
and internationally, and has been
published in books and magazines.
Her work is included in permanent
collections of the State Museum of
Pennsylvania, The Textile Museum,
and San Jose Museum of Quilts and
Textiles, as well as multiple private
collections.
pattykz.comLisa Thorpe is a
mixed-media artist and
educator living in
northern California
and has been the
resident artist at The Bishop’s Ranch
retreat and conference center outside
of Healdsburg for over 20 years. She is
always exploring and experimenting
and loves to share what she has
discovered. Lisa has been published in
Cloth Paper Scissors®, Quilting Arts,
and Studios magazines. She leads
workshops at the Bishop’s Ranch and
at other creative meccas.
lisathorpe.com
Cheryl Sleboda
is a full-time, award-
winning art quilter
who has been featured
in magazines, on
“Quilting Arts TV,” and “It’s Sew Easy.”
Cheryl created the Quilting Arts
Workshop™ video, “Heirloom Sewing
Techniques for Today’s Quilter.” She
has started a new business focused on
cosplay and costuming called Sew
Much Cosplay. Cheryl also teaches and
speaks to guilds and groups nationally.
muppin.com
Margarita Korioth
is a fiber artist and
quilt instructor living
in Tennessee. She likes
to work with a
combination of paper and fabric or
fabric alone. Her recent work
emphasizes surface design such as
dyeing, stamping, and silk screening,
with a focus on lettering on fabric.
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