QUILTsocial Issue 6 | Page 23

Q U I LTs o c i a l b l o g g e r s Jennifer Houlden Christine Baker FairfieldRoadDesigns.com sewjoycreations.com Jennifer runs Quilts by Jen, a fantastic educational resource for quilters with many great free tutorials ranging from how to choose fabrics, understanding the value of fabrics, pressing, building Bargello runs, pinning, binding, sandwiching, couching, quilting, and much more. Check them out! Christine has been designing and publishing quilt patterns for the last 10 years under the business name Fairfield Road Designs. Her patterns range f r o m f u s i bl e a p p l i q u e a nd piecing to felted wool applique and punchneedle. You can see all her patterns on her website. Sarah loves to play with color and quilts are her playground! A self-taught quilter, She's been designing her own quilts for almost 20 years. She's inspired b y h app y f a br ic s , se lv a ge s, traditional blocks and nature. She's also a wife, mother, and elementary school teacher, and enjoy drinking coffee on my front porch in northern Ontario. Gail Berry-Graham Jackie White Jean Boyd Never one to back down from a challenge it took her 20 years to finish her first quilt. There wasn't one big moment that led to quilting but rather a series of paths that all ended up in one place. She learned to quilt and never looked back. She found a love for long arming and machine e mbroide r y, a nd i s a H a nd y Quilter and PFAFF representative. Jackie is a quilter who loves qui lting outside the box especially when it comes to 3D and embellishments. Her work has been published in books and magazines and she currently sits on the Board of Directors for t he C a n ad i a n Q u i lte r s’ A ssociation. W hen she's not in her studio, she's work ing a s a Soc i a l Med i a Ma nager. Jean has been designing and publishing patterns since 1997. Her work has been published in severa l magazines across North America. Jean holds a Fiber Arts Certificate in quilting a nd h a s t aught e x tensive ly throughout Canada, including s i x n at ion a l Q u i lt C a n a d a conferences. She was named "Canadian Teacher of the Year" in 2003 by the Canadian Quilters A ssociation and has won numerous awards for her quilts. quiltsbyjen.ca thequiltstudio.ca jabotquilt.blogspot.ca 23 Sarah Vanderburgh patternsbyjeanboyd.com QUILTsocial .com | issue 6