southern california council of quilt guilds

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\ £inaa S. Sclimitft 7695 Sumoood Drive. ([)u6fin, C}l94568, (925) 829-4329 e-maii: shortattniecomcast.net 'We6site: Iittp://liome.co11l£ast.net/-sliortattn On-fine dasses availiJNe at www.Qui{tVniversity.com Chosen as Quilting Teacher of the Year in April 2003 by The Professional Ouilter Magazine. A prolific quilter and garment designer, I have been learning about, making, and teaching about quilts for over 20 years. .' ~ . I have been doing talks, trunk shows, fashion shows and workshops nationally and internationally since 1993, including Patchwork Leman in Switzerland, MEOW, PIQF; North Carolina Quilt Symposium; Minnesota States Quilt Conference; Quilting the Quilt 2002; A Quilter's Gathering in New Hampshire; Empty Spool's Seminar; Quilt Colorado, World Quilt & Textile, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show, and the Denver Quilt Festival, and have been teaching worldwide online at www.QuiitUniversity.com since 2000. I have judged many quilt shows, including PIQF, Best of the Valley, Denver Quilt Festival, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, World Quilt and Textile, American Quilt Society Knoxville Show, A Quilter's Gathering, Women's Guild Art Show, and many others. . _ . 4 •I wasaF aimelif Designer in-r992l=5~anli1lT't99r-98, a-Bernina Designer' in-2-004--an&-200'7,,"a-founding.member.of the.; ~ __ .., Network for Wearable Art, President of Amador Valley Quilters for 1994-95, and a member of the Alameda County Art Commission from 1993-1999 and Chairperson of the ACAC for two of those years .. I have won over 250 ribbons for quilts and garments, including First Place, Best in Class, Best of Show, Viewer's Choice & Judge's Choice in quilt shows and art shows, including the National QuiltersAssociation Show, AQS at Paducah, IQA at Houston, Pacific International, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg Quilt Festival, West Coast Quilters Conference, Pennsylvania Quilt Extravaganza, Road to California, Marin Quilt & Needlework Show, Best of the Valley Show, Fairfield Art Show, Livermore Art Show, as well as in the Miniatures From the Heart and Sulky Thread Challenge traveling exhibitions. My quilts have participated in special invitational exhibitions such as Skydyes' "Painted Image;" Joen Wolfrom's "Landscapes & Illusions;" Paul Pilgrim's "Challenge;" IQA's "Prizewinners Exhibition" at Expo V;" Diana Leone's "Quilts in Bloom" exhibition; Yoko Kitajima's "Splendid World of Needlework-Celebrating the Wedding" in Japan; "Miniatures From the Heart" traveling exhibition in 2001 and 2002; QNM's Crossing Boundaries Exhibition; Husqvarna Viking's "MasterPieces: Spirit and Strength;" Sulky's Challenge Show for 2001; "Women of Biblical Proportion"; "Myths and Legends," the "Journal Quilt Exhibitions," "Tactile Architecture," and AQS and IQA Shows almost annually. I have been a teacher, special lecturer and Featured Artist at Empty Spools' Conference at Asilomar and Sampler demonstrator at West Coast Quilter's Conference and C&T Teacher's Retreat, was the Featured Quilter at the Great Petaluma Quilt Show, Modesto Quilt Show, Pajaro Valley Quilt Show and others. I was featured on Simply Quilt's show #762. My work has been shown at the Fairfield Art Show, Livermore Art Show, Concord Art Gallery, San Jose Quilt Museum, the Hyde Gallery, and the New Pieces Gallery. --=--="".="""MY qui is-nave appeareo III several books, lrlcliKlmg: Joen -Wolfrom s - VlsitaDance; C arlotte - air-An ersen's - Faces and Places; Katie Pasquini's Fractured Landscapes; and Oxmoor House's - Great American Quilts Book IV, Mickey Lawler's Skydyes, Sylvia Landman's Quilting for Fun and Profit and Pricing Your Quilts and Crafts, and Jennifer Priestly's Fabric Painting. My work has also appeared in several magazines. A "Patchwork Profile" interview about my work was published in the August 1996 issue of McCall's Quilting, Quilter's Newsletter published my article "Tiny Trees" in their January/February 1997 issue and republished it in their CD in 2001. Quilter's Newsletter also published my Quilter's Forum entitled "If You Build it, They Will Come" in the April 1999 issue; American Quilter for Fall 1997 contains my article "Shifting Gears," and "Celebrating a City" in Summer, 2001. Quilting Quarterly, published articles about my work in their Spring, 1998 and Spring, 1999 issues. American Quilting, Quilter's Newsletter, Quilting Today, Quilting Quarterly, Patchwork and Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts have also published many pictures of my work. I have also had 4 articles published in England, in Traplet Publication's Patchwork magazine in 2000 & 2001; and Quilting Arts magazine Winter 2006, printed my "Expand Your Repetoire" article. Most recently, Machine Quilting's editor featured one of my quilts as one of her favorites in 2009.

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£inaa S. Sclimitft7695 Sumoood Drive. ([)u6fin, C}l94568, (925) 829-4329

e-maii: shortattniecomcast.net 'We6site: Iittp://liome.co11l£ast.net/-sliortattnOn-fine dasses availiJNe at www.Qui{tVniversity.com

• Chosen as Quilting Teacher of the Year in April 2003 by The Professional Ouilter Magazine.• A prolific quilter and garment designer, I have been learning about, making, and teaching about quilts for over 20

years. .' ~ .• I have been doing talks, trunk shows, fashion shows and workshops nationally and internationally since 1993,

including Patchwork Leman in Switzerland, MEOW, PIQF; North Carolina Quilt Symposium; Minnesota StatesQuilt Conference; Quilting the Quilt 2002; A Quilter's Gathering in New Hampshire; Empty Spool's Seminar; QuiltColorado, World Quilt & Textile, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show, and the Denver Quilt Festival, and have been teachingworldwide online at www.QuiitUniversity.com since 2000.

• I have judged many quilt shows, including PIQF, Best of the Valley, Denver Quilt Festival, Mid-Atlantic QuiltFestival, World Quilt and Textile, American Quilt Society Knoxville Show, A Quilter's Gathering, Women's GuildArt Show, and many others. .

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• I wasaF aimelif Designer in- r992l=5~anli1lT't99r-98, a-Bernina Designer' in-2-004--an&-200'7,,"a-founding.member.of the.; ~ __ ..,\Network for Wearable Art, President of Amador Valley Quilters for 1994-95, and a member of the Alameda CountyArt Commission from 1993-1999 and Chairperson of the ACAC for two of those years ..

• I have won over 250 ribbons for quilts and garments, including First Place, Best in Class, Best of Show, Viewer'sChoice & Judge's Choice in quilt shows and art shows, including the National QuiltersAssociation Show, AQS atPaducah, IQA at Houston, Pacific International, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg Quilt Festival, West CoastQuilters Conference, Pennsylvania Quilt Extravaganza, Road to California, Marin Quilt & Needlework Show, Best ofthe Valley Show, Fairfield Art Show, Livermore Art Show, as well as in the Miniatures From the Heart and SulkyThread Challenge traveling exhibitions.

• My quilts have participated in special invitational exhibitions such as Skydyes' "Painted Image;" Joen Wolfrom's"Landscapes & Illusions;" Paul Pilgrim's "Challenge;" IQA's "Prizewinners Exhibition" at Expo V;" Diana Leone's"Quilts in Bloom" exhibition; Yoko Kitajima's "Splendid World of Needlework-Celebrating the Wedding" in Japan;"Miniatures From the Heart" traveling exhibition in 2001 and 2002; QNM's Crossing Boundaries Exhibition;Husqvarna Viking's "MasterPieces: Spirit and Strength;" Sulky's Challenge Show for 2001; "Women of BiblicalProportion"; "Myths and Legends," the "Journal Quilt Exhibitions," "Tactile Architecture," and AQS and IQAShows almost annually.

• I have been a teacher, special lecturer and Featured Artist at Empty Spools' Conference at Asilomar and Samplerdemonstrator at West Coast Quilter's Conference and C&T Teacher's Retreat, was the Featured Quilter at the GreatPetaluma Quilt Show, Modesto Quilt Show, Pajaro Valley Quilt Show and others. I was featured on Simply Quilt'sshow #762. My work has been shown at the Fairfield Art Show, Livermore Art Show, Concord Art Gallery, San JoseQuilt Museum, the Hyde Gallery, and the New Pieces Gallery.

--=--="".="""MY qui is-nave appeareo III several books, lrlcliKlmg: Joen -Wolfrom s - VlsitaDance; C arlotte - air-An ersen's -Faces and Places; Katie Pasquini's Fractured Landscapes; and Oxmoor House's - Great American Quilts Book IV,Mickey Lawler's Skydyes, Sylvia Landman's Quilting for Fun and Profit and Pricing Your Quilts and Crafts, andJennifer Priestly's Fabric Painting.

• My work has also appeared in several magazines. A "Patchwork Profile" interview about my work was published inthe August 1996 issue of McCall's Quilting, Quilter's Newsletter published my article "Tiny Trees" in theirJanuary/February 1997 issue and republished it in their CD in 2001. Quilter's Newsletter also published my Quilter'sForum entitled "If You Build it, They Will Come" in the April 1999 issue; American Quilter for Fall 1997 containsmy article "Shifting Gears," and "Celebrating a City" in Summer, 2001. Quilting Quarterly, published articles aboutmy work in their Spring, 1998 and Spring, 1999 issues. American Quilting, Quilter's Newsletter, Quilting Today,Quilting Quarterly, Patchwork and Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts have also published many pictures of my work. Ihave also had 4 articles published in England, in Traplet Publication's Patchwork magazine in 2000 & 2001; andQuilting Arts magazine Winter 2006, printed my "Expand Your Repetoire" article. Most recently, MachineQuilting's editor featured one of my quilts as one of her favorites in 2009.