PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
Anelie Belden
June 2023, March 2026- Anelie discussed how Quilt Barn Art began and where to find trails right here in California. While working in the fashion industry she began to explore the art of quilting which became her passion. She has taken the traditional Dresden quilt design and created new updated Dresden Designs which are featured in her book “Thoroughly Modern Dresden.” Her designs are modern and constructed using a breakthrough piecing technique to improve speed and accuracy.
Lynne Rose Giovannetti February 2024: Lynne showcased her creations of historically correct garments, research and construction challenges of garments on a 1⁄2 scale format and tidbits of her career in Costume Design as the Costume Director from the Sacramento Opera.
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Previous Speakers
Laurel Anderson Rob Appell Arlene Arnold Linda Ballard Christine Barnes Mel Beach Anelie Belden Patricia Belyea Annamaria Brenti Karen Boutte Mary Boyer Tracey Brookshier Kim Brownell Melinda Bula Bea Byrne Caryl Bryer Fallert Christina Cameli Vickie Carter Dora Cary Emily Chanecka Ora Clay Trudy Cleveland Sally Collins Sheila Collins Lauretta Crites Joe Cunningham Ellen Anne Eddy Rosemary Eichorn Heidi Emmett Karen Flamme Carrie Fondi Pat Fryer Lynne Rose Giovannetti Sara Goer Becky Goldsmith Donna Greenwald Cara Gulati Jane Haworth Harriet Hargrave Julie Hirota Cathy Hoover Connie Horne Rita Hutchens Rami Kim Marjan Kluepfel Jan Krentz Vicki Johnson Marjorie Johnson Lynn Koolish Esther Latino Don Linn, Mr. Quilt Beth Lonnquist Debbie Maddy Leona McCann Material Girlfriends Nancy McDonald Ruth McDowell Merrill-Lee Designs Lyn Mann Peggy Martin Katie Pasquini Masopust Lisa McKissick Sandra Mollon Julia McLeod Mike McNamara Cindy Meyers Marie Nelson Kitty Oliver Robin O'Neal Denise Oyama Miller Susy Nash Cindy Needham Marie Nelson Collen Pelfrey Judy Coates Perez Kitty Pippen Slyvia Pippen Pixeladies Jennifer Rapacki Jennie Rayment Fern Royce Linda Schmidt Jill Schumacher Sujata Shah Ann Shaw Tammy Silvers Louisa Smith Diane Steele Heidi Steger Susan Sprague April Sproule Donna Thomas Lisa Thorpe Sandy Turner Carol Ziogas Meri Henriques Vahl Laura Wasilowski Sarah Whiteford Claire Witherspoon Lynn Wilder Martha Wolfe |
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Leona McCann
February 2026 - Leona shared her journey from inspiration to creation, blending the ancient art of Celtic knotwork with modern quilting techniques. http://tirnanogstudio.leonamccann.com/ |
Leona McCann Workshop
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Marie Nelson
April 16, 2023: Marie Nelson will tell (mostly true) stories about a few of her favorite quilts, what she did, why she did it, and some of the things she learned along the way, while making nearly 300 quilts over the past 40 years, including 24 years as a member of the River City Quilters Guild. Biography: I learned to sew as a young girl on my great-grandmother’s 1909 Singer treadle machine, and thanks to the skills learned at home and in home economics and 4-H, made clothes for myself and my children. I began quilting in the early 1980s before acrylic templates, rotary cutters, wide availability of quilting cottons, and the internet. I had attended a sewing conference at which one of the presenters described the Double Wedding Ring quilt as one of the most difficult to make. So that was one the first quilts I attempted, figuring if I could make it, then I could tackle any quilting design I wanted. That quilt, made more than 35 years ago and showing its age, is still on my bed, despite the nearly 300 beautiful quilts I have made since then. It was the interplay of colors, patterns, and textures that attracted me first to rug making, then machine knitting, and then, quilt making. Scratching my itch to create usually starts with one or more fabrics that have drawn my interest and then asking a series of “What if” questions as I respond to the fabric, design, or technique challenges the piece presents. Once I have the quilt top made, the next challenge is how to quilt it so as to enhance the design and add additional interest. In 2014, my original design, “Peacock Mandala”, which had toured in a Hoffman Challenge exhibition, was awarded “Best of Show” at River City Quilt Guild’s show. It also hung at PIQF, received a Judge’s Choice at the 2015 Home Sewing and Machine Quilting Show (Salt Lake City) in 2015, and an “Award of Excellence” at the 2018 Springville (Utah) Museum of Fine Arts Quilt Show. After acquiring an Innova Longarm in late 2014, I began climbing the free motion learning curve which has been rewarded with several awards including the 2020 Pacific International Online Quilt Show “Best Longarm Workmanship” for the quilting I did on the 2019 River City Quilt Guild’s opportunity quilt. I view my quilts as experiments or puzzles to be solved, playing with color, patterns, and design elements, and responding to the surprises, challenges, and discoveries I make along the way. I try to be sensitive to what the quilt needs at various stages in its making, rather than working to make it meet some predetermined idea. Many of my award-winning quilts have started as responses to fabric or design challenges. With every quilt I make, I learn something new that I take into the next quilts I make. Designing and making quilts is a passion, but for me, it is also a conversation, a journey, and an affirmation of an inherent need to create. |
Marie Nelson
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Robin O’Neal
May 2024 - Robin described the differences between traditional, modern, and improvisational quilting. She brought 23 quilts to use as examples and they all have stories. BIO: "I was a special education teacher for 35 years. I was always doing art “on the side”. I started making quilts in 1973 and they were all traditional using cardboard templates and a pen, not too accurate! I started playing with my own designs about 15 years ago and now I make only improvisational quilts. I have always hand quilted until about a year ago. I have a friend with a long arm machine and am trying to learn the skill of machine quilting. I no longer use rulers, templates, patterns or kits. Time is too short for stress and the quilt police are banned from my head!" |
Robin O'Neal
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Scarlett Rose
September 19, 2023 - Scarlett designs scrap quilts, friendship quilts and foundation pieced quilts that are modern innovations on classic patchwork patterns and traditional symbols. Drawing on her cultural heritage, she combines asian influences with her Celtic work. Besides her contemporary appliqué and patchwork quilts, Scarlett has also designed unique her own fabric prints, wearable art, art quilts and modern quilts.
September 19, 2023 - Scarlett designs scrap quilts, friendship quilts and foundation pieced quilts that are modern innovations on classic patchwork patterns and traditional symbols. Drawing on her cultural heritage, she combines asian influences with her Celtic work. Besides her contemporary appliqué and patchwork quilts, Scarlett has also designed unique her own fabric prints, wearable art, art quilts and modern quilts.
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Tammy Silvers
February 2023: Tammy shared projects and photos aimed to inspire and expand the use of Aurifil threads. She lives in Acworth, Georgia, and has been quilting since 1991. She has a background in art and literature. Tammy’s quilt designs are regularly published in quilt magazines and she designs project to showcase several fabric lines, including Northcott, Free Spirit, Maywood, Dear Stella and Timeless Treasures. She also designs fabric for Island Batik and has an Aurifil thread line that coordinates with her Island Batik line. https://www.tamarinis.com/ |
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Kathryn Tobias
August 19, 2025 - athryn Tobias was taught to sew by her mother and as many of her contemporaries did, made a lot of her clothes in high school in the '60's. She started back sewing 20 years ago when she decided to make pillows for her living room and stumbled into a fabric warehouse and she hasn't been the same since. She then realized she needed a cover story for the fabric she was buying and joined the local Sacramento Modern Quilt Guild. She also participates in the "Big History" classes at Sacramento Renaissance, at CSUS, a continuing education for those over 50. She developed a class on the history of the sewing machine as one of the revolutionary inventions of the ages.
August 19, 2025 - athryn Tobias was taught to sew by her mother and as many of her contemporaries did, made a lot of her clothes in high school in the '60's. She started back sewing 20 years ago when she decided to make pillows for her living room and stumbled into a fabric warehouse and she hasn't been the same since. She then realized she needed a cover story for the fabric she was buying and joined the local Sacramento Modern Quilt Guild. She also participates in the "Big History" classes at Sacramento Renaissance, at CSUS, a continuing education for those over 50. She developed a class on the history of the sewing machine as one of the revolutionary inventions of the ages.
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Linda Wagner
March 19, 2024 - Linda Wagner has been making quilts for over 35 years and teaching quilting for over 25 years. After starting with doll clothes, then her own clothes, she earned a dress maker’s certification, then began her quilting journey with a pattern by Eleanor Burns. Joining a guild gave her lots of ideas of things she needed to try and earned her the nickname Addquilter. She gravitates toward scrappy quilts and her approach to color is described as fearless! |
Linda Wagner
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January 2021
Lyric Kinard Workshop
Check out these projects submitted by workshop participants.
Lyric Kinard Workshop
Check out these projects submitted by workshop participants.
Susy Nash
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Sara Goer
Lauretta Crites
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Katie Pasquini Masopust
Lisa McKissick
Carol Ziogas, Sashiko
Jennifer Rapacki
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Laurel Anderson
Colleen Pelfrey
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Linda Ballard
Christine Barnes
Sujata Shah
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