Susan Brubaker
Knapp is the host of
“Quilting Arts TV,” co-
host of the “Quilting Arts
Podcast,” and a studio
fi ber artist, author, and teacher. Susan lives
in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and teaches
in the U.S. and internationally.
bluemoonriver.com
Mel Beachis a San
Jose, California, based
quilt artist, teacher, and
lecturer. She stretches her
creativity through
photography, comedy improv studies, and
the completion of 90+ quilt challenges at
the local and international level. Her quilts
are modern, beautifully textured, and
colorful. Mel has appeared on “Quilting
Arts TV.”
melbeachquilts.com
Julie B. Booth is a
surface design artist,
teacher, and author of
Fabric Printing at Home.
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.com
Candy Glendening
is an art quilter who
works exclusively with
fabric she dyes herself. By
day, she teaches biology
at the University of Redlands in Southern
California. By night, weekend, and online
she also teaches quilting and dyeing.
candiedfabrics.com
Cindy Grisdelais an award-winning
fi ber artist with over 30 years of experience
creating eye-catching quilts. Cindy is the
author of Artful Improv: Explore Color
Recipes, Building Blocks & Free Motion
Quilting. She lives in Reston, Virginia.
cindygrisdela.com
Lyric Montgomery
Kinard is an artist,
author, and educator who
transforms cloth into art
in her studio and timid
spirits into confi dent creators in the
classroom. She was recognized for her
talents by the International Association of
Professional Quilters as a Teacher of the
Year and is the author of Art + Quilt.
lyrickinard.comKarol Kusmaulis a
quilt artist and instructor,
retired art teacher,
longarm machine
business owner, member
of SAQA, and proud founder of the
international artist collective, Cloth in
Common. Karol enjoys making collaged art
with repurposed fabrics and using raw-
edge hand appliqué.
kquilt.comKathleen Lassle, a long-time clothing
designer and couture sewer, has a natural
affi nity for creating art with textiles. In
addition to fabric collages, she creates
encaustic wax collages, designs and builds
wood furniture and decorative items, and
designs gardens. Kathleen lives in the San
Francisco Bay area with her husband and
four rescue cats.Cate Coulacos Prato was formerly
an editor for Quilting Arts and Cloth
Paper Scissors® magazines. She is the
author of Mixed-Media Self-Portraits
and Inside the Creative Studio.For Beth Schillig
fabrics, threads, and
sewing machines have
always been a big part of
her life. After years as a
sewing machine dealer and educator, she is
now a full-time, award-winning studio artist
who enjoys incorporating sewing
knowledge into artistic expression.
bethschillig.com
Ana Sumnerhas
resonated with textiles,
art, and storytelling
throughout her life. She
learned to hand stitch in
her 40s, and then began a love aff air with
fi ber art after participating in a crazy quilt
class that brought out from within her a
passion to create scenes of places and
things that captivate her heart.
sewuniqueart.comCindy Watkinsis a
full-time, award-winning
artist who free-style
machine stitches to create
unique and beautiful
textile artworks. Silk and cotton are her
preferred materials, which she often hand
dyes using leaves and bark found in the
natural bush areas of Tasmania, Australia.
thetextileartist.comVivien Zepfstarted
quilting because she
became besotted with
the beautiful fabrics in a
neighborhood shop.
Today she often uses photography as
inspiration. Vivien has had her artwork
juried into national exhibitions and has
appeared on “Quilting Arts TV.”
vivienzepf.com