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California

Sandra Johnson

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img_2153Home: Orange County, CA

Sewing with my grandmother started it all. From the beginning, the process of transforming fabric into art struck me as magical. Sewing was the foundation that led me into quilting. What started as a hobby turned my passion into an artistic reality.

I love to hand stitch using the traditional Japanese Sashiko and Boro embroidery styles and incorporating them as a decorative feature into my designs. From quilts to handbags, dresses, children’s clothing, to tableware my unconscious is the undisputed Project Manager. I am only limited by my imagination. The concrete, repetitive nature of this work frees my imagination and provides many opportunities for happy accidents and grace to influence the finished product.

My core materials for quilting are thread and cloth, however, I often employ recycled denim, yarns, dyed fabrics and stamps to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.Recently, I discovered modern quilting: simple, crayoned patchworks that resonate deeply with my fiber work. Inspired and invigorated by a renewed sense of continuity, and awed by the mystery of how creation occurs, my process allows me to explore visions to enable my creative work to evolve and grow.

My work has been featured in national magazines and most recently my quilt “Blurred Lines” was featured at QuiltCon 2016, an international modern quilt show held by the Modern Quilt Guild (MQG), a non profit organization that supports the growth and development of modern quilting.

I hold a B.S. in Clothing, Textiles and Design from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. I live in Orange County, CA, with my husband Wayborn. Please stop by my blog to learn more about me: sandrajohnsondesigns.wordpress.com

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Allyson Allen

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Home: California

Allyson is a state recognized award winning Master African American quilt Artist and Culture Bearer. Her work often combines traditional textiles and fibers with paper, recycled materials, and sometimes found objects to create unique, dimensional mixed media pieces, quilts, dolls and handmade books. Allyson offers a variety of fun and informative lectures and trunk shows including Improvisational Design and Piecing, Slave Era Quilts, and the Quilts of Gee’s Bend.

A Special Exhibitor & faculty for Mancuso Quilt Shows, Allyson specializes in needle turn applique’, dimensional embellishing, improvisational piecing techniques, and creative hand and domestic machine quilting. She is the National Craft Industry Alliance’s 2024 Golden Scissors Award recipient, and her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and embassies around the world.

A member of Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds, Studio Art Quilt Associates, The Modern Quilt Guild, & Arts Council Menifee, visit Allyson’s website

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Jenny Lyon

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Home: Sacramento area of California

Jenny is the author of Free Motion Quilting, From Ordinary to Extraordinary.

Jenny travels to teach and lecture on the joy of free motion quilting on a domestic machine. She teaches at major international shows as well as quilt guilds and shops across the country. She is currently entering into training to judge quilt shows as well.

Her work has been shown at the Houston, Paducah, PIQF and other shows, as well as in juried SAQA exhibits and has received numerous ribbons.

“Encouraging, supportive and fun”. Jenny’s mission is to guide her students to find their own free motion quilting joy, and chocolate may be involved.

Jenny offers a variety of free motion quilting workshops that are both technique and project based, designed to release the angst of free motion quilting and find the joy! She has created a “Sloppy Woppy Free Motion Quilting” curriculum that makes quilting approachable and fun!

Her trunk shows feature her unique style in quilts, garments, and whole cloth creations. Jenny was a featured guest on The Quilt Show (#2404) and two seasons of Quilting Arts TV season 2000/2100 and 3011 and has authored articles for various quilting magazines.

Learn more about Jenny, her art and teaching opportunities at her website. Please note, Jenny is also now offering virtual presentations as well.

Visit Jenny’s Website The Quilt Skipper for more about Jenny!

Visit Jenny on YouTube- Jenny Lyon

And here is Jenny’s YouTube Intro-

Contact Jenny here- [jenny] @ quiltskipper.com (remove brackets and spaces) to get a class scheduled right away.

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Linda Wagner

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Linda WagnerHome: Suisun City, California

Linda teaches like she would like to be taught. Students receive extensive notes and can reference large charts. All students receive individual help. In classes with demos, demos are repeated multiple times so each student has opportunity to grow comfortable with the technique. There are always extra quilts shown only in the workshop. Have quilts will travel. Visit Linda’s Website to learn more about her classes and workshops.

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