Introducing our three friends for this year...
This year we decided to team up with three of our favourite quilting friends around the world to create three fabulous blocks which we will be working through with you. Our Terms cover a four month period with a class each from Karen, Lynne and Jo. For the fourth month we will be inviting a guest to design a bonus block based on that term's theme.
Each of our three guests for this Academy year are personal real life friends of ours and designers that we both and admire and respect.
We are keen to share more from these fantastic people with our students so in the fourth month of each term we will be hosting a live zoom session with that term's friend so that we can get to know them better. These sessions will be recorded and we will be inviting questions from our students. Both the live session and the bonus block will only be available to Term and Annual Pass holders. We have been having fun with the blocks already and have each made a gorgeous tote bag with them! We will be offering plenty of inspiration for projects you can make with the blocks when the time comes. We are so excited to share our friends with you all!
Daisy's month will be available to buy as a single class from mid June 2024 and will go live on 1 July.
Lorena's class will be available to buy as a single class from mid October 2024 and will go live on 1 November.
Krista's class will be available to buy as a single class from mid February 2025 and will go live on 1 March.
Daisy Aschehoug
Daisy makes quilts with designs that utilize basic building blocks to create unexpected geometric arrangements. Many of her quilts have been published in pattern magazines, included in book compilations, and won international awards. In 2020, Daisy published her first book with co-author Heather Black: Quilt Modern Curves and Bold Stripes. Her next book, Quilting with Curves, was published in May of 2023.
Daisy moved from the United States to Norway with her family in 2017, and she maintains a quilt studio just south of Oslo on the peninsula of Nesodden. Daisy is a member of Norsk Quilteforbundet, the Modern Quilt Guild, and the Studio Art Quilt Associates.
Instagram: @warmfolk
FB: warmfolk
Website: warmfolk.com
Email: [email protected]
Lorena Uriarte
Lorena, a contemporary artisan, values the practical and timeless allure of quilts. Using techniques like needle turn appliqué, fussy cutting, and hand piecing, she crafts pieces that bring the warmth and joy of handmade items to everyday spaces. Her quilts often transform into coats due to space constraints.
Sitting at the traditional edge of modern aesthetics, Lorena's work spans from minimalistic designs to traditional small block samplers. She blends commercially printed and solid fabrics, creating engaging quilts that reveal captivating secondary patterns through clever use of prints and color.
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lorena now calls Sydney, Australia, home.
Instagram: @lorena_in_syd
FB: lorena_in_syd
Website: lorenauriarte.com
Email: [email protected]
Krista Hennebury
Krista is a geologist by training and quilter by choice. She's been quilting since 2000 and shares on Instagram as @poppyprint.
Passionate about sharing her love of quilting with others, Krista is a popular educator, presenter and certified Aurifilosopher, she has worked with general and modern guilds all across Canada and has taught internationally in Australia, France, Sweden, America, Scotland, England, as a featured quilter on an Alaskan Cruise and at QuiltCanada 2019.
Since 2020, Krista has taught and lectured at over 100 Zoom events around the world. Her book of retreat-inspired projects Make It, Take It was published by Martingale in 2015 and she has twice been a guest on American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast with Pat Sloan.
Instagram: @poppyprint
FB: Krista Hennebury
Blog: poppyprintcreates.blogspot.ca
Email: [email protected]
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