Guest Artists Page

2009 Guest Artists in Residence

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Wendy Grande

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Sandra Leichner

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Emily Martin

Email Contact: bob_emily_martin@juno.com

Emily's Background

Emily’s interest in art and nature, in art form, has been a life long journey. Initially, she expressed her talent in paintings, but migrated to traditional quilting using leftover fabrics from other sewing projects. Once introduced to appliqué, Emily was hooked and began sharing her learned skills with others. A veteran of the Appliqué Academy, she teaches, designs her own patterns and enjoys presenting her work to interest guilds. Emily can be reached at: bob_emily_martin@juno.com

Personal Notes from Emily

Looking back on my childhood I was always the one of the five siblings who had to be called away from picking flowers or drawing pictures. In school it was the sewing classes that satisfied me, and I pushed to learn as many techniques as possible. So, it was natural for me to study art later on. Choosing the colors to blend for the “Old Masters’ Technique” was pure heaven. In between, there was the more practical side that resulted in a degree in nursing. But it wasn’t until I stitched for our children and had left over scraps of cotton fabric that someone introduced me to traditional quilting. That was 30 plus years ago and I haven’t stopped quilting. After returning from one of Elly’s academy sessions, my friends urged me to teach them what I had learned. That launched my teaching career and provided opportunities to share those skills. Drafting patterns of my designs was a natural consequence of teaching. Since I love color teaching in four fabric stores is risky business; the array of fabrics often stimulates a new quilt idea and I am off and running.

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Baltimore Batiks: A Tribute to my Teachers

Ann McCourt

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