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Our Teachers, Workshops and Lectures

Registration for Workshops will open on November 1, 2025

Workshop and Lecture Descriptions

Workshop Teachers

David M. Taylor

TBD

Kate Colleran

Kate Colleran is a designer who creates quilt patterns, fabric and surface designs to brighten up your home and your mood!

She create quilt patterns that are fun, a mix of modern and traditional and geared for the beginner to intermediate quilter.

She is drawn to bright colors, simple shapes and just wants to create quilt patterns and surface designs that will bring a smile to your face!

Sue Heinz

TBD

Dina Newbert

Dina Newbert is a quilter, Quilt Judge, Speaker and Workshop Leader. In jher free timeI enjoy my children and grandchildren, belong to a Book Club and serve on her local Environmental Commission. Her aim is to help preserve the art of quilting by acknowledging excellent craftsmanship through Quilt Judging, programs and workshops; offering guidance that will leave participants feeling rewarded by the experience or by the prize!

"Diamonds and Pearls" by Patricia Ohtake Second Place- Modern

Lecturers

Kathie Beltz

I am totally addicted to quilting, and enjoy associating with other quilters who are equally addicted. I’ve been quilting since 1995, teaching since 2004, and judging quilts since 2007. My specialty is precision machine piecing, and I’m always trying new techniques, gadgets and patterns.

Ellen M. Blalock

I started quilting over 20 years ago when I discovered that my grandmother and other women in the family used to make quilts, but ‘Somebody came and took our quilts’, my Aunt Garnette told me. I make quilts to symbolically replace what was stolen and to share the oral stories of my family. I work in the African American story quilt tradition. I am influenced, not just by my family stories, but also by music and literature throughout the African diaspora.

Cathleen Wiggs

Cathleen, a retired Gunnery Sgt., has been quilting since retirement from the Marine Corps in 1997. She has been teaching and lecturing for fifteen years. She became a "covergirl" when her first of three quilts appeared on the 2016 spring issue cover of Primitive Quilts and Projects magazine.