“We are all products of our history and my quilts come directly from my life,” says Rosalie Dace. This lecture explores how her South African childhood and world travels have influenced Roslie’s quilts.

Art quilts made with handspun wool? Colorful locks of goat fleece as foliage? Discover how Jennifer Landau creates art quilts and 3D fiber art out of her spinning and felting.

Delight in the stitch! From the hand-dyeing of her pearl cotton threads to the final stitch, Laura tells all about her colorful hand-embroidered fused art quilts.

Find out how you can transform your photographs into artworks as guest speaker Martha Wolfe shares her process and representative quilts from her work.

With an understanding of textiles from molecules on up to quilts on the bed and artwork on the wall, conservator Margaret Geiss-Mooney presents both the technical background and common-sense solutions quilters need for “slowing the hands of time” on their quilts.

Utilizing Holstein cows in her designs was a natural for Cathie even before moving to Moo-desto.

Laurel presents an overview of appliqué history—including an 1850s-style appliqué quilt and a surprising story of the invention of the sewing machine!—as well as her personal appliqué journey.

Nancy discusses her approach to design, the stories behind her up-close fabric portraits of giraffes and dozens of other creatures, and how students can make patterns that look like their own pets.