Teacher Bio

Susan Brittingham, an experienced professional quilt maker and instructor, began her sewing career making garments. She turned to quilts when she realized garment sewing and her other hobby, gourmet cooking, were not a good “fit”. Susan has been sewing since she was a child, and making quilts since the mid-1980’s. She has taught throughout the Eastern-US for many years and in 2000, joined the faculty of Quilt University, where she continues to teach quilting classes on-line to students from all over the world. Susan’s award-winning quilts have been featured in many publications and have been exhibited in quilt shows and galleries regionally and nationally.

Susan lives in rural Floyd County with her husband and

two cats. Her web site can be seen at http://sbrittingham.freeservers.com

in 1976 and travels now regionally and nationally to conferences and guilds to lecture, teach and judge. Her quilts and garments have been exhibited and have won awards

in national and international shows and are owned by numerous private collections. Her work has been printed in many magazines. Linda’s last solo exhibit was at the Quilt Fest of New Jersey in 2004. Linda and her husband live in the mountains where she also tends her large perennial garden. See her quilts at www.angelfire.com/on2/fringe/linda.html

Paula Golden Blacksburg, Virginia

Paula has been teaching nationally and internationally for the past twenty years, including the International Quilt Festival in Houston. She is looking forward to teaching in New Zealand in 2011. Her quilts, patterns and articles have been published in magazines and books. As president of the Board of Directors, VA Quilt Museum and co-author of the book, “Quilts of Virginia: Birth of America through the Eye of a Needle,” she appreciates the past, present and future of quilting arts in Virginia. Paula is a recent recipient of a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies from VCU’s School of the Arts. She is involved with the Healing Arts Program at the University of Michigan and the Fiber Artists @ Loose Ends. Paula offers a wide variety of workshops and presentations and is certified in administering the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. She firmly believes that everyone is creative and encourages each student to take the ideas presented in class and develop their own variations. In addition to being passionate about quilting, Paula loves gardening and print-making.

A free-spirited quilt artist, Ellen has conducted workshops for conferences such as AQS, NQA, NCQSI, VCQ, Gulf Coast, and Tampa Bay and for many guilds across the country.

With a teaching style described as “relaxed and enabling” she encourages students to express their own creative vision.

Ellen was the featured artist in American Quilter magazine, Spring 2007. Her work has been published in Focus on Batiks, Great American Quilts 2004, Quilter’s Newsletter magazine, IQA Journal Fall 2002, Spring and Summer 2003 and Summer 2004, Quilting Today and American Quilter (article) 1992.

Didi is a fiber artist and quilt maker currently living in Maryland. She has more than 30 years experience in making quilts. Her quilts reflect a love of color and texture often embellished with unique items that infuse each piece of her work with vibrant visual impact!

Teaching quilting techniques and being a hand quilter for hire are additional dimensions of her quilting life. The admiration for traditional patterns combines with modern color strategies and fabric choices resulting in dynamic quilts. She has won awards for her outstanding attention to detail and craftsmanship. Please visit her website: www.DidiQuilts.com to see these quilts.

Kathy Sevebeck is an award-winning author, teacher and quilter. She has been sewing for most of her life and teaching for over 30 years. She is the author of Miniature Needlework and over 100 articles in national craft and sewing magazines. Her wearable art garments are innovative and creative and several have won awards at quilt shows. Backed with clever and useful tips, innovative and original techniques, and very clear instructions, her classes are sought after and often include students who have taken other classes from this excellent teacher. Kathy believes that everyone is creative in their own way. She is dedicated to individual attention and clear hands-on instruction. You always learn something new and useful in her classes. Kathy and her husband live on the top of Brush Mountain outside of Blacksburg.

Neva Hart, a quilt appraiser and historian, is a Member of the Professional Association of Appraisers - Quilted Textiles (PAAQT) and is certified by the American Quilter’s Society. She has been thoroughly tested on knowledge of fabrics, construction techniques, patterns and styles, regional influences, quilt history, and current market values of quilted textiles. AQS-certified appraisers continually update their education through the PAAQT and independent study in antiques, arts, crafts, and textile science. Neva works with museums and collectors as an appraiser and consultant on quilts and woven coverlets. She has worked in quilt retail sales and collected quilts for more than 20 years. Neva will be at the Blue Ridge Quilt Festival on Saturday to appraise and lecture.

Take a moment to meet the instructors from 2010

Paula Golden Blacksburg, Virginia