PTQG Maine Quilt Teachers

The following list is offered as a service to our members and indicates Pine Tree Quilters Guild (PTQG) members who are willing to teach quilting classes. This list does not constitute an endorsement of any sort. If you are a PTQG member and would like to have your name added to this list, please e-mail PTQG Webmaster.

NAME & ADDRESS	DESCRIPTION	TRAVEL / FEES
Bonnie Dwyer The Quilt Whisperer 134 Pond Road Manchester, ME 04351 Phone: 207-622-6202 or cell 446-7311 email: bonniedwyer@roadrunner.com www.bonniedwyer.com	Appraisals, lectures, trunk shows, workshops, quilt repairs and restoration. Bonnie presents trunk shows and lectures about vintage quilts and quilt history, as well as workshops on quilt care and repair. Program sampler: An Overview of American Quilt History – 2-hours; a talk and trunk show of thirty 19th and 20th Century quilts Help, my quilt has been damaged! Should I try to fix it? 2 hour lecture and demo. Basic Quilt Repair – full day (6 hours) Part I – lecture, discussion & demo; Part II – Hands-on practice How should I take care of my quilts? The basics of quilt care, display, and storage. 1 hour talk with demo	Anywhere, any day or evening. Mileage charged @ current federal rate. Program fees on website.
Darlene Gauthier RR 1 Box 180 Canton, ME 04221 Phone: 207-597-2414	Workshops: Applique, white on white, quilting, color, drafting, curved piecing (handwork), Hawaiian applique, tessellation, scrap quilts, hexagons, compasses & stars	100 miles Day, Weekend
Dianne S. Hire Fiber Alternatives 100 Bayside Rd. Northport, ME 04849 Phone: 207-338-4789 email: alternatives@gwi.net	Workshops, basically for intermediate quiltmakers, but some that may be for confident beginner to advanced Intuitively designed blocks using playful methods of instruction and based upon Dianne's book, Quilters PLAYTIME, Games for Quiltmakers. Machine appliqué either with silk-like ribbons or as a ScrollWork design. Curves created without templates in several designs from the same class. Curvy Doo-dads for more advanced students. Others upon request: Brochure and other information Lectures: Several available.	Days, evenings...weekdays and weekends. If traveling beyond Maine, will need two (2) workshops and a lecture...and more, if you wish, of course!
Bonnie Hunter 28 Shore Rd. Pembroke, ME 04666 Phone: 207-726-5117 email: bonnie@bonniehunterquiltmaker.com www.bonniehunterquiltmaker.com	Beginner through advanced beginner workshops focused on teaching students basic techniques that will build confidence and help them develop their own individual style. A wide range of basic workshops from traditional machine-pieced designs (log cabin, trip around the world, etc.) to not-so-traditional techniques using the latest methods and equipment (basic curves, beginning paper piecing and bargello, introduction to watercolors, and more).	100 miles Weekends during school year; any day during summer
Beth Maitland Impressions in Fabric PO Box 184 Cumberland Center, ME 04021-0184	I create machine pieced and machine quilted landscapes. I teach workshops on creating these landscapes and quilted jackets entitled "From Sweathirt to Jacket."	Travel Anywhere
Bethany S. Reynolds P.O. Box 1374 Ellsworth, ME 04605 Phone: 207-667-3170 email: bsrdesign@acadia.net	Workshops, trunk shows: Machine quilting; rotary cut, speed pieced quilts; original designs, including "Magic Stack & Whack" kaleidoscope quilts; mystery quilts.	Any # miles Day, Evening, Weekend
Bobbi Roberts 36 Cross Rd Trevett, ME 04571 Phone: 207-633-1174 email: msquilts@gwi.net	Art Cloth- painting, dyeing, discharging, overdyeing, stamping, foiling etc. on cotton, silk and rayon fabrics. (multi-day workshop) Fiber Reactive Dyes on Cotton and Silk Foiling on Fabric Fabric Painting Beaded Embellishments for your Fiber Art Garment Classes	Any # miles Day
Sarah Ann Smith Sarah by the Sea Designs 17 Pleasant Ridge Drive Camden, ME 04843 Phone: 207-236-6003 email: sarah@sarahannsmith.com www.sarahannsmith.com	Machine quilting, quilting patterns/design, (hand or machine), Hawaiian applique (by hand or machine), art quilts	Any # miles Days, weekends

MAINE QUILT TEACHERS