Qualifications

·    American Quilters Society  (AQS) skills classes completed:
Insurance Value Appraisals (2 day course)
Beyond Insurance/Fair Market and Donation Appraisals
Hands-On Appraising
Dating Quilts
The Business of Appraising
Certification Graduation Year: 2007

·    Co-founding member of WQSG (WI Quilt Study Group), consisting of members from Wisconsin and Illinois (meets quarterly)

·    Quiltmaker since 1995

·    Active member of the following quilting communities and has held or
*currently holds positions listed

        AQS (American Quilters Society)

        NQA (National Quilting Association)

        WQI (Wisconsin Quilters Inc.)
                       *Director, *Webmaster

        Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Textiles

        Star Point Quilters Guild, Stevens Point, WI
    Membership Chair, Newsletter Editor, Treasurer,
    Quilt Show Chair 2004, Webmaster, Quilt Show
    Chair 2006, *Programs Co-chair

·    Personal quilts have won awards, have been published on the internet, and showcased on computer software programs

·    Fabric collector

·     Have examined/studied many art, antique, and traditional quilts

·     Have studied quilting techniques from the following quilting professional
as indicated:

o   Diane Gaudynski, Doreen Speckman, Karen Stone, Darlene Zimmerman, Louisa Smith, Mary Mashuta, Jo Morton, Karen Combs, Liz Lois, Linda Halpin, Diane Christiansen, Bobbie Aug, Gerald Roy, Nancy Eha, …