Cindi

From heirloom stitching to hand applique and more, Cindi is an exquisite hand piecer and textile artist. Everyone loves her whimsical designs and taste in fabric and patterns. She teaches Mount Redoubt patterns, private lessons and is also the co-coordinator of Thimbleberries Club.

Carolyn

Machine embroidery is her claim to fame. Her quilts always have that special signature of embroidery and embellishments. Carolyn is a superb piecer and quilter and enjoys traditional patterns in the newest fabrics. She is the co-coordinator of Thimbleberries Club with Cindi.

Cheryl

Silk ribbon embroidery is her forte! When you see her samples of crazy quilt blocks and ribbon embroidery, you will be as amazed as we are. She is perfect at teaching an art form of stitchery that has come back with renewed enjoyment.

Flo

Our kids instructor, Flo has the patience and skills to teach young children and teens. She has a special knack with children and likes to name her many sewing machines. For years she has been in the sewing industry, but has taken a special fondness for teaching children to sew and quilt. Her famous classes are "I Can Sew" and "I Can Quilt".

Tina

She has been sewing in one form or another since she was little. She has always enjoyed the quilting process and remembers helping her grandmother tie baby quilts at the dining room table. She is a certified instructor for Quilt In a Day and really enjoys teaching Eleanor's simplified methods of instruction to new and returning students. She doesn't think of this as a job, but just as one continuous quilting bee with friends - new and old.

Rhoda

Everyone knows Rhoda as she has taught us all at one time or another. She continues to come up with the newest methods and likes to do it all. From scrap quilts to fabric bowls, Rhoda can teach it all as she has knowledge in all aspects of quilting.

Sujata

Graduated from Bombay, India with a degree in graphic design and started quilting about 10 years ago. She has had a business of soft sculptured dolls and dry and silk floral arrangements. These days she works in a quilt shop, teaches and designs quilts. She enjoys needle turn appliqueé. She also enjoys simple frms and shapes and loves to make contemporary quilts. Sujata teaches appliqueé on Tuesdays and by request.

Lynn

Lynn has been quilting for about 20 years. She started out making traditional quilts, but has slowly migrated towards more modern quilts. She likes to try out new techniques and share them with others. Many of her quilts have intensive machine quilting on them using various threads that are available now. In the past year she began entering local quilt contests and now has three winning quilts. She also designed the Shop Hop quilt block for Gathering Fabric and started her own pattern company in 2003. Lynn teaches more advanced techniques, including embellishments and thread-play on Thursdays and by request.

Kay

A Washington native, residing in Bothell for 32 years, she is a member of four local Quilt Guilds and has been quilting for over 20 years. She really enjoys entering the local "Challenges". They allow her to stretch beyond her usual boundaries. She enjoys teaching techniques to the new quilters. Her personal favorite techniques are combinations of pieced blocks with hand applique. Kay teaches a six-week beginning quilting course on Tuesdays.