MAINE QUILT TEACHERS
The following list is offered as a service to our members and indicates Pine Tree Quilters Guild (PTQG) members who are willing to teach quilting classes. This list does not constitute an endorsement of any sort. If you are a PTQG member and would like to have your name added to this list, please e-mail PTQG Webmaster.
NAME & ADDRESS
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DESCRIPTION
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TRAVEL / FEES
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Bonnie Dwyer
The Quilt Whisperer
134 Pond Road
Manchester, ME 04351
Phone: 207-622-6202
or cell 446-7311
email: bonniedwyer@roadrunner.com
www.bonniedwyer.com |
Appraisals, lectures, trunk shows, workshops, quilt repairs and restoration. Bonnie presents trunk shows and lectures about vintage quilts and quilt history, as well as workshops on quilt care and repair.
Program sampler:
- An Overview of American Quilt History – 2-hours; a talk and trunk show of thirty 19th and 20th Century quilts
- Help, my quilt has been damaged! Should I try to fix it? 2 hour lecture and demo.
- Basic Quilt Repair – full day (6 hours) Part I – lecture, discussion & demo; Part II – Hands-on practice
- How should I take care of my quilts? The basics of quilt care, display, and storage. 1 hour talk with demo
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Anywhere, any day or evening.
Mileage charged @ current federal rate. Program fees on website. |
Darlene Gauthier
491 Main St
Hartford, ME 04221
Phone: 207-597-2414
email: dkg@megalink.net |
Workshops: Applique, white on white, quilting, color, drafting, curved piecing (handwork), Hawaiian applique, tessellation, scrap quilts, hexagons, compasses & stars |
100 miles
Day, Weekend |
Dianne S. Hire
Fiber Alternatives
100 Bayside Rd.
Northport, ME 04849
Phone: 207-338-4789
email: alternatives@gwi.net
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Workshops, basically for intermediate quiltmakers, but some that may be for confident beginner to advanced
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Intuitively designed blocks using playful methods of instruction and based upon Dianne's book, Quilters PLAYTIME, Games for Quiltmakers.
Machine appliqué either with silk-like ribbons or as a ScrollWork design.
Curves created without templates in several designs from the same class.
Curvy Doo-dads for more advanced students.
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Others upon request: Brochure and other information
Lectures: Several available.
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Days, evenings...weekdays and weekends.
If traveling beyond Maine, will need two (2) workshops and a lecture...and more, if you wish, of course!
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Beth Maitland
Impressions in Fabric
PO Box 184
Cumberland Center, ME 04021-0184
| I create machine pieced and machine quilted landscapes. I teach workshops on creating these landscapes and quilted jackets entitled "From Sweathirt to Jacket." |
Travel Anywhere |
Bobbi Roberts
36 Cross Rd
Trevett, ME 04571
Phone: 207-633-1174
email: chimericloth@verizon.net |
Art Cloth- painting, dyeing, discharging, overdyeing, stamping, foiling etc. on cotton, silk and rayon fabrics. (multi-day workshop)
Fiber Reactive Dyes on Cotton and Silk
Foiling on Fabric
Fabric Painting
Beaded Embellishments for your Fiber Art
Garment Classes
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Any # miles
Day |
Sarah Ann Smith
Sarah by the Sea Designs
17 Pleasant Ridge Drive
Camden, ME 04843
Phone: 207-236-6003
email: sarah@sarahannsmith.com
www.sarahannsmith.com
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Machine quilting, quilting patterns/design, (hand or machine), Hawaiian applique (by hand or machine), art quilts |
Any # miles
Days, weekends |
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