Quilting Class Teachers

Thanks to all the wonderful teachers who made Quilting with Machines a rousing success for the 5th straight year. We appreciate your dedication to your talents and your quilting styles and hope you continue to evolve and create and grace the quilting community with your knowledge for many years to come.

Quilting with Machines will be back September 19 - 22, 2012 at the same great location, Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, OH

Doug Creasy

Doug Creasy co-owns and operates with wife Martha, A Touch of Thread Quilting Gallery, a full service Gammill Longarm Dealership in Zanesville, OH. Doug's six years in the US Navy in the position of Electrician's Mate 1st Class, and the following 23 years ending as Shop Foreman at Electric Motor and Service, responsible for electrical and mechanical repairs for large industrial plants is serving him well in his new occupation. It comes naturally to Doug to assemble, maintain and repair longarm machines. He can't remember a time when he didn't have some kind of assembly or repair tool in his hand. Coupled with his hobby of computers, it was natural for Doug to love the Gammill, and then the Statler Stitcher. In the beginning, his position was to be that of a helper on weekends. After using all of his vacation days and whatever other days he could get, he still could not keep up with the demands of this growing business, so he resigned his full time job to take on a bigger full time job. In addition to being responsible for set-up, assembly, all repair and maintenance, as well as some introductory classes to computerized quilting with the Statler Stitcher

Dusty Farrell

Dusty is a longarm quilt artist. He has been drawing and painting ever since he can remember. For him quilting is a wonderful way for him to express his art. Dusty’s work is 100% freehand, no panograms, no marking the quilts, no computer generated designs. He is continually going to classes and shows to help develop his own unique style. Dusty will continue to travel with Nolting Manufacturing again in 2010. Dusty’s sketchbook is never out of reach. Dusty has also quilted for several nationally known designers and his work has appeared in several magazines. Dusty and his wife own a quilt shop in NW Pennsylvania where Dusty spends his days and sometimes nights working on customer quilts and shop projects occasionally finding time to work on something for himself.

Doris Goins

A sewing enthusiast since early childhood, Doris began quilting in 1992, as a way to express her creativity and relieve the stress of being a working mother. This new hobby soon turned into a full time position as she opened her longarm machine quilting business, Loving Stitches, in 1996. The business continues to thrive with a long list of customers who are willing to wait for the unique custom touches she gives to each quilt. Doris’ former career in school and public libraries is evident in her goal to create better quilt makers through teaching classes and sharing her knowledge with others. She was awarded judging certification by the National Quilting Association in June 2005, and has judged numerous quilt shows across the country including those with a machine quilting specialty such as, Innovations, MQS, and MQX.

DeLoa Jones

DeLoa Jones brings the experience of 30+ years of quilting. She started her Longarm business in 1999 and is still quilting customer quilts when she is home. She has been teaching her Longarm techniques for 7 years and enjoys sharing with everyone her designs and knowledge of the business and the machine quilting. DeLoa’s quilts and customer quilts have won national awards and she is the author of 5 books. DeLoa along with her husband Dave represent APQS and Compuquilter. They also sell lights and other accessories for many models of machines. DeLoa is the mother of 8 children of which two teenage girls are still at home along with 1 dog and 7 cats.

Jodi Robinson

2010 marks Jodi's 14th year as a longarm quilter. She travels nationally to teach hands-on and demo classes at longarm quilting shows, as well as other shows and LA Dealerships. Jodi's quilts are consistent winners at both national and local shows, always showcasing new and innovative quilting designs. Her cutting edge quilting encompasses the latest in use of multiple colors of thread, and elaborate stitching. Together with Diana Phillips, Jodi co-authored Quilting Variations, a five book series on various long-arm techniques. She has self-published six long-arm quilting books. The latest, Less Stress Feathers, was released in 2006. This innovative approach has revolutionized the quilting of feathers, easily and beautifully. Jodi's books and classes focus on using quick and easy methods to create unique freehand designs that personalize each and every quilt. In addition to her teaching and writing schedule, Jodi is a professional longarm quilter, who enjoys a wide customer base in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.

Shirley Stutz

Southern Ohio native, Shirley Stutz, began a new career in quilting, after retiring from the United State Department of Agriculture. Her organizational and speaking skills were easily transferred to the new career, as she found a love of teaching, writing, designing and speaking in the quilting world. Her work, which encompasses hand, DSM, longarm machine and now computerized quilting, is found in many national shows, as well as various art gallery exhibitions. Several pieces were chosen for the exhibition, “Women in Fiber: From Craft to Art” at Hermann Fine Arts Center in Marietta, Ohio. The Holmes County Amish quilters honored her by exhibiting 117 of her quilts in a solo exhibition, which drew thousands of quilters from multiple states.

She contributes articles to several publications; her book, “Easy and Elegant Lone Star Quilts” has transitioned quilters to using large-scale prints to create new and exciting designs. Shirley teaches and presents her entertaining lectures to guilds and shows throughout U.S. and Canada. Shirley can be reached at: shirleystutz@windstream.net

Gayle Wallace

Gayle came to quilting by way of her love of sewing. She started sewing at the age of 5, making doll clothes. After taking a beginner quilting class in 1985, she has shared her love of quilting with over 4,000 students. Gayle is an award winning quilter with wins in Houston (IQA), Paducah (AQS), Dallas (DQA), National Quilters Assoc. (NQA), Road to California, Heritage Quilters, Lancaster, Quilting on the Waterfront, Manchester NH (MQX), Kansas City (MQS), Salt Lake City, (HMQS) and a number of other shows. Her work has been published in numerous magazines and books.

Debbie Wendt

Debbie began her teaching career in Home Economics in 1984 in Kansas City, MO. She started quilting over 25 years ago and first taught quilting internationally in 1993 while living in Cairo, Egypt. She designed “Brilliant Bindings” took and self-published Chenille Made Easy on a Longarm and Construction and Production – Making and Binding a Quilt on a Longarm, Midarm or Shortarm. She now resides in MA and continues to develop patterns with concise step-by-step instructions. As a nationally recognized teacher, her classes are informative with many ah-ha moments. Several of her own and customer quilts have won awards at local and national shows. Her love of sewing continues in quilting, while her love of quilting is inspired by her students and world travel.

Mindy Wylie

Mindy Wylie has been a professional machine quilter for more than nine years. She has produced several machine quilting instructional DVD’s and created patterns and tools for machine quilting. She is known for her work with templates and her fun, easy-going teaching style. In 2005 she began a Yahoo! Online discussion group called FunQuilters, and in 2006 she opened a second group called Machine Quilting Systems Group (MQSG). She owns and operates Angel Threads Quilting, LLC, and is an internationally recognized instructor and a representative for Nolting Manufacturing, Inc. Mindy resides in Maryland and Pennsylvania with her children. You can visit Mindy online at www.angelthreadsquilting.com or www.atqsales.com