Keynote & Concurrent Session Speakers
*** Keynote and concurrent sessions will not be recorded. Please plan accordingly. ***
Featured Speakers
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry is internationally known for her award-winning fine-art quilts, which are easily recognized by their luminous colors and illusions of light, depth, and motion. Her work has appeared in hundreds of exhibitions and publications throughout the world, and can be found in museum, corporate, public, and private collections in almost every state and eight foreign countries. Honors include: 100 Best Quilts of the Twentieth Century (2000), 30 Most Influential Quiltmakers in the World (2002), Bernina Leadership Award (2003), International Quilt Festival Silver Star (lifetime achievement) Award (2006), All American Quilter (2004) and Best of Show in 16 national and international exhibitions. For thirty years, Caryl shared what she learned with students in her workshops, which took her to eleven countries on five continents. She continues to share her knowledge through her exhibitions, lectures, and free website tutorials. (www.bryerpatch.com).
Katie Pasquini Masopust has produced high quality contemporary art quilts that have been coveted and collected by a broad range of admirers for over 40 years. From her early beginnings as a painter dabbling in traditional quilt making, her work has evolved from structured Mandalas and mind-blowing dimensional pieces to very painterly landscapes executed with the finest fabrics and most creative stitching techniques Katieʼs easy, energetic manner has made her a very popular teacher and lecturer. When not in residence at her studio in California she travels the world presenting her contemporary quilting theories and techniques to classes; not only in North America, but in Europe, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. Awards and accolades have been numerous for Katie, culminating with her 2005 induction into a very select group of art quilt professionals who have earned the Silver Star Award presented by Houston Quilt Festival.
Concurrent Session Speakers
Caroline Berch is a member of Royal City Quilters Guild; a successful shop owner; mother and wife. As she begins looking toward retirement, she has started imagining how she would like to spend her time.
Session Title:
Your Dream Sewing Space: Concept, Design, Construction, Reality
Session Description:
In this presentation, Caroline walks you through how she was able to realize the sewing room of her dreams. Join her as she shares her initial concepts, designs her space, arranges for construction and finally tours you through the transformation of a dark basement space into the light-filled sewing room she enjoys today. Learn about lighting, furniture modifications, and working with a contractor.
Süz Warkentin is a member of Waterloo County Quilters’ Guild. Her background includes degrees in mechanical engineering, fashion design and teaching. In retirement Süz has embraced quilting in all its many forms, … except hand stitching.
Session Title:
Watercolour Blossoms Art Quilt Demo
Session Description:
This little art quilt is FOOLPROOF! No artistic talent or expensive equipment required.
Use Inktense Pencils/Blocks OR Crayola Washable Markers, OR ordinary watercolours and a Frixion Pen to make a lovely 4” x 6” framed piece of art.
You will be loosely outlining your blossoms with very forgiving free motion quilting so some form of free motion foot and the ability to lower your feed dogs are necessary. Join Süz for some easy quilty fun! Create along or soak in the inspiration for later. A supply list, and template will be provided.
Jeannie Jenkins is a member of York Heritage Quilters’ Guild. She has been teaching quilting for more than 30 years and has shown her work internationally. One of Jeannie’s quilts has appeared on the cover of Quilty Magazine (Jan/Feb. 2015 issue) and on the CQA show program 2015. Her quilt “Fireworks” placed 2nd in the Modern Traditionalism at Quiltcon 2017.
Jeannie recently wrote a book called Contemporary Paper Pieced Quilts, and she teaches both beginners and more advanced classes, which range from Traditional to Modern quilting as well as Art Quilts. Jeannie has a degree in General Design from O.C.A.D. (Ontario College of Art and Design). She was hooked the minute she took her first quilting class and has never looked back.
Session Title:
UFOs. Not The Flying Kind!
Session Description:
Jeannie will address the how and why of UFO’S and how to turn them into finished projects. These UFOs may not be as exciting as the flying kind, but it is very satisfying when you move them to the finished pile.