Guest speakers of previous ICS programs and workshops have included:
Elly Sienkiewicz specializes in Applique and Baltimore Album Quilts.
Linda Koenig specializes in piece work.
Deborah Fell is an artistic quilter and teacher at Urbana High School in Illinois.
Cheryl Adam is a member of the Hands All Around Quilt Guild in Bloomingon, IL and specializes in design mathmatics.
Owner of Calico Creations Quilt Shop, Jane Huisingh, encourages everyone "Not to be Afraid to Change--Design a block and see how many different ways it can be set in a quilt."
Mary Balagna presented a program about Project Linus.
Conne Litfin from Quilts Plus in Indiana presented a program about Redwork.
Gretchen and Lois from Peace & Applique Quilt Shop in Rochester, Illinois presented a program about quilted wearables and sold their wares.
Sharon Malec presented a program called "The Dog Lady Speaks" and a workshop of "Cut and Paste Landscapes". Her website is at www.malec-designs.com.
Barb Vlack presented a program called "Head for the Border" and a workshop on borders. Her profile can seen at http://planetpatchwork.com/passtvq/tvq20/vlack.htm.
Freida Anderson presented a program on her art quilts and wearables. Her website is http://www.friestyle.com.
Marianne Fons gave a very entertaining lecture called "Behind Closed Doors". She also taught 2 full day classes: "The Power of the Nine Patch" and "Tessellated Stars". Visit her website at http://www.fonsandporter.com.
Helen Kelley presented "Living on Easy Street" and kept us laughing telling wonderful stories to go along with her slide show. She also conducted 2 workshops for our members. See her website at http://www.helenkelley-patchworks.com.
Kathy Franks, award-winning machine quilter, gave us a touchable trunk show and slide show.
Klaudeen Hansen, quilting teacher from Sun Prairie, WI. presented an "Amish Influences" Program.
Debbie Huff of Lost Marble gave us a hands-on program on Fabric Marbling.
"Memory Quilts and Photo Transfers" Program was presented by Sheila Daniels from Paper Muse in Paxton, IL., followed by a "Transfer Techniques" workshop at Paper Muse.
Nancy Odom , author of "Wildberry Vines", presented and discussed many of her
quilts. She shared the thoughts or experiences that inspired the quilt. She
also spoke of the important role that family and friendship have played in her
creations. She gave two workshops, "Piece Of My Heart Quilt" and "Sister's Star
Wave Quilt". You can find her books and patterns at
Timid Thimbles Creations.
Jeffrey ("Jef") Farlow-Cornell presented a slide show of the Fifteenth Annual
Quilt Surface Design Symposium (2004).
Shirley Liby presented a program called "The Magic of Miniature Quilts" and instructed two half-day classes called "Introduction to Paper Piecing" and "Little Landscapes" and an all-day class called "Autumn Bounty". You can find a list of her workshops, lectures and designs at Hearts and Hands website.
Sue Nickels presented a program called "Machine Applique and Quilting" and instructed an all-day workshop called "Machine Quilting Essentials" and another all-day workshop called "Machine Applique: A Sampler of Techniques".
Marilyn Fallert of St. Louis presented a program called "Original Pictorial Quilts" in which she shared her technique for creating an original pictorial quilt and described her creative process in designing and making her award-winning "Red Hat Ladies" quilt.
Suzanne Marshall, from the St. Louis presented a program and workshops on hand quilting and appliqué.
Ellen Anne Eddy shared her machine embroidery techniques and discussed the use of specialty threads to create Thread Magic.
Chris Lynn Kirsch presented her "Quilt Tales" lecture, a lighthearted look at the things that have happened in the life of one quilter. She also taught two workshops: "Parallelisms" and "Repliqué Coneflowers."
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