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About Kathy Brown
Kathy is an accomplished quilter, fabric designer and sought after teacher in the quilt industry. Kathy has self-published over 125 patterns and 7 booklets as well as having 2 books published with The House of White Birches and now 2 books with Martingale. She has been a featured contributor in numerous magazines including The Quilter, Create and Decorate, Quick and Easy Quilting, McCalls Quick Quilts and Fabric Trends. Two of her quilts have been featured on the covers of The Quilter and Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home. Her patterns are geared toward both the experienced and beginning quilter in mind, and are designs that may look intricate but are very simple to construct. Kathy’s quilts are designed to be made in a day or a weekend whereby the quilter can get instant gratification! When Kathy is not busy designing a new fabric line or new quilt patterns, you can find her teaching and lecturing for quilt guilds and quilt shops across the United States.
Kathy is married to Michael, her best friend of 32 years, and they live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with Maddie and Mia - their two German Shepherds, Ella Fitzgerald - their Welsh Corgi, and Abbie – their rescued Catahoula Leopard dog as well as five very independent cats. They are the very proud parents of a daughter, Erin, who is an emergency room nurse in Houston, TX . When Kathy is not at her sewing machine, you can find her watching old movies with Michael or enjoying their lovely backyard oasis and tending to their mini zoo!
Kathy just never stops! We're excited about her new fabric lines Ella & now Emma Grace, plus her newest books!
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About Sherry Herringshaw
A former high school math teacher, Sherry Herringshaw's love of precision can be seen in her colorful miniature quilts. Her quilts have been featured in Miniature Quilt Magazine (no longer published), from the front cover to a special "Meet the Quilter" article. In addition, Sherry is known for her intricate piecing designs in bed size quilts. She has won several awards at the Gulf States Quilting Association's (GSQA) biannual quilt show.
Many of her classes focus on basic techniques that provide beginners with a good solid foundation. Classes include a series on miniatures, paper piecing, Angle Play design series (using Margaret Miller’s templates) and Marti Michell’s Kaleidoscope. She offers various project classes on miniatures, paper pieced wall hangings, lap size and bed size quilts. Starting in 2010, she will be offering demos providing an introduction to Electric Quilt software, and begin teaching the essentials in a series of classes where students will be required to bring a laptop to class.
She is actively involved in several local guilds and has membership in national quilt associations. Sherry is a GSQA circuit teacher, but is also available to quilt guilds and quilt shops on an as needed basis. She publishes a line of patterns, Lagniappe Quilt Designs, based on her own designs. You can find Sherri's Patterns on our webstore in our Louisiana Designer's department!
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