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Fabric Trends Spring 2024

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Wolff Paper

Wolff Paper is a textile design studio based in New York City and led by award-winning artist Nancy Wolff whose design and illustrations have appeared on virtually every imaginable surface, including plates, rugs, journals, gift wrap, bedding, handbags, fabric and much more.

During her early career as a textile designer, Wolff began the experiments with pattern, texture and movement that would result in her signature style. By combining her knowledge of pattern with a bit of the unexpected, she has created some of the most sought after and distinctive designs of the day. Wolff Paper is a journey back to those roots, with new tools and insights collected along the way.

Loboloup, a design studio Wolff founded in 2012, specializes in stylish hand-made wallpaper and custom fabrics for the home. Loboloup wallpaper is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum.

Wolff’s illustrations have been included in The Society of Illustrators Original Art and she has been a featured artist at The Contemporary Textile Show at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City.

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Mary Fons

Mary Fons is a writer, editor, host, and presenter who specializes in American quilts and the life of quilts in popular culture. Prior to serving as editor in chief of Quiltfolk magazine from 2017-2021, she was editor and creative director of Quilty magazine. She has hosted 300 episodes of how-to quilting content on public television (Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting) and on YouTube (Quilty). Mary’s writing on quilts has been published in Modern Patchwork, Curated Quilts, Quiltfolk, and Blanket Statements (AQSG), and in her Quilt Scout column for Quilts, Inc. She is a popular lecturer at events such as QuiltCon and the Birmingham Quilt Festival, and her quilt history and culture livestream, ‘Quilt Nerd’ broadcasts on Twitch. She has worked as a quilt consultant for companies including Sesame Workshop/HBO. Mary served for six years on the advisory board for the International Quilt Museum and joined the board of American Quilt Study Group in 2023. She holds an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in Chicago with her husband Eric and her favorite quilts are the pictorial ones with animals on them but you can’t really tell what the animals are.

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Kits & Cuts Spring 2024

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Block of the Month Spring 2024

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Better Basics

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Quilt Backs

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Rachel Rossi

Rachel Rossi

I grew up in Central Pennsylvania with parents and siblings who nurtured my creative spirit since I was little. When my mom opened a quilt shop, I was captivated by the sense of community that this inspiring art form fostered. Having spent my childhood wandering the aisles, teaching classes, and witnessing the exciting growth of this business, I knew I wanted to be a part of it! My goal is to keep the tradition alive with a careful balance of preservation and innovation.

Now I live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with my husband and three daughters. From my in-home studio, I design patterns, templates, and fabrics while cherishing every moment with my family. I have a passion for gardening, furniture refinishing, painting, embroidery, weaving, and experimenting with just about everything at least once! My diverse interests, coupled with my interior design background and experience as a pattern designer, come together to create fresh, exciting, and constantly evolving fabric designs and patterns.

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Island Time by Andi Metz

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On Dragonfly Wings by Ann Lauer

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Newer Worlds by Rob Appell

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All About Dasies by Jackie Robinson

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Gratitude and Grace by Pat Sloan

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Decades: Jazz Age by Mary Fons

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Cotton Shot (New Colors 2024) by Amanda Murphy

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Among the Wildflowers I by Shelley Cavanna

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Bee Haven by Rachel Rossi

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Color It Sunshine by Cherry Guidry

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Fabric Trends Winter 2024

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What If by Paula Nadelstern

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Beach Retreat and Santas Vacation by Andi Metz

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Truly by Modern Quilt Studio

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Wooly Cats by Cheryl Haynes

Wooly Cats by Cheryl Haynes
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New Worlds by Rob Appell

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Shannon Roberts

Shannon is a best-selling author and artist known for her uniquely hand-drawn chalk art designs. She has been drawing and lettering professionally since 2014 after leaving her teaching career to become a stay-at-home mama. What started as a creative outlet and side-hustle, quickly became a full time business. To this day, she partners with several companies, including OESD, that reproduce and sell her work in various formats. Through these collaborations, her work has been sold in stores across the nation and globally. Her best-selling book Prayer Journal For Women combines her faith and artistic style, and has sold over 750,000 copies worldwide.

Shannon lives in Maryland with her husband and three children, and enjoys staying active with them outdoors. To learn more about Shannon and her work, you can visit her websites thewhitelime.etsy.com and thewhitelime.com and follow her on Instagram @shannonroberts19.

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Irene Staal

Hi! My name is Irene, I’m a quilt pattern and fabric designer from The Netherlands.

Crafts and sewing have been in my life for as long as I can remember. My mom and both my grandmas taught me to crochet, knit and cross-stitch as a little girl. Even though my mom is an avid quilter, I did not pick up quilting until I was 26.  

When I discovered the wide variety of modern, happy fabrics that were available in the world, I was sold. And then things moved pretty fast.

From pattern design as a side job, renting a studio giving workshops, starting my YouTube channel teaching online to becoming a Bernina ambassador and hosting multiple QALs (quilt alongs) with thousands of quilters from all over the world. 

With quilt pattern design I can combine my love for mathematics with beautiful fabrics. Before I started Sugarioo, I worked as a mechanical engineer. My background in the field of Robotics was the inspiration for my very first fabric line “Robo Boogie”. 

Sugaridoo is all about happy, bright projects filled with JOY. I can’t wait to see what you’ll be making with the Sugaridoo fabrics!

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Donna Antonucci

Donna is a self-taught mixed media artist, specializing in fantasy and animal themes. Fairies, mermaids and other fanciful beings dominate her colorful imaginative work.


Her style is highly detailed. She likes to hide little sprites and creatures into her paintings. “People are always saying the more they look, the more things they find that they did not see the first time. My paintings are fanciful little worlds filled with magical creatures and beings.”


Donna’s favorite medium is colored pencils which she uses to create highly detailed images. Airbrush, watercolors, acrylics also add the finishing touches to her magical worlds.

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Rob Appell

A California native, Rob Appell is known around the quilting world for his contagious passion for textiles. He’s jazzed to share his passion with others and he loves teaching people to sew. His love for quilting started when he was working in his mother’s quilt shop. There, he caught the quilt bug and there was no turning back! Rob taught himself to quilt and his personal style gradually emerged. Quilted seascapes became his trademark. After a few years, he started designing fabric, and later his enthusiasm for quilting was channeled into one of the most popular shows on YouTube.

Rob cherishes the quilting art and he also believes that, like all arts, it needs to rejuvenate constantly to stay relevant and meaningful. An eclectic artist, he dabbles in woodwork, music, graphic design as well as tattooing. The ongoing intermingling of these different media generates his distinctive style as his creative journey continues with Benartex.

Learn more about him at RobAppell.com

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Luminescent Leaves by Ann Lauer

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Uncork and Unwind by Andi Metz

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Winter in the Pines by Jackie Robinson 

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Snow Fall by Shelley Cavanna

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Robo Boogie by Sugaridoo Quilt Studio

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Hello Pumpkin by Cherry Guidry

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Paradise Park by Pat Sloan

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Flora and Fauna by Amanda Murphy

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Happy Llamadays by Andi Metz

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Kits & Cuts Fall 2023

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Block of the Month Fall 2023

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Fabric Trends Fall 2023

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Block of the Month Catalog 2023

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Summer 2023 Quilt Kits

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Whispering Lilies by Jackie Robinson

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Vibrancy by Amanda Murphy

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Transparency by Modern Quilt Studio

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Stitch Garden by Cherry Guidry

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Dazzle Dots By Christa Watson

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Rooville by Kimberly Einmo

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Sail Away By Andi Metz

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Collections By Nicole DeCamp

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Kimberly Einmo

Kimberly Einmo is an author, award-winning quilter, fabric designer, international instructor, quilt judge, the National Spokesperson for Janome-America, and CRAFTSY/Bluprint class host. She has written six best-selling books published by the American Quilter’s Society, created a signature line of quilting rulers, and she writes a column called Stray Threads, in every issue of American Quilter Magazine. Kimberly is a featured artist for the Electric Quilt Company with EQ companion software products. As a respected and prominent leader in the quilting industry, Kimberly enjoys meeting quilters, crafters and sewing enthusiasts in the US and around the world.

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Spring 2023 Quilt Kits

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Fabric Trends Spring 2023

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Sunshine Days & Tutu Cute by NicoleDeCamp

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Xanadu by Ann Lauer

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The Drawing Room by Pat Sloan

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Simply Blessed by Martha Campbell Pullen

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Serendipity by Jessica Flick

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Secret Garden By Shelley Cavanna

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Barnyard Rules by Kanvas

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Cosmo Cats by Terry Runyan

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Cherry Hill by Kanvas

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Botanica by Amanda Murphy

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Betty’s Geraniums by Jackie Robinson

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A Heart Led Life by Kelly Rae Roberts

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Needle Stars by Paula Nadelstern

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Winter 2023 Quilt Kits

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Fabric Trends Winter 2023

Fabric Trends Winter 2023
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My Hero by Kanvas

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Midnight Rhapsody/Rhapsody in White by Kanvas

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Glow-O-Saurus by Kanvas

Glow-O-Saurus Lookbook Cover

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Prismatics by Marta Cortese

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Wander Lane I and II by Nancy Halvorsen

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Porch Swing by Pat Sloan

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Polar Attitude by Ann Lauer

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Peace on Earth Holiday/Winter by Amanda Murphy

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Nordic Cabin by Cherry Guidry

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Delight by Modern Quilt Studio

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Alpine Valley by Shelley Cavanna

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A Botanical Season by Jackie Robinson

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Fall 2022 Quilt Kits

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Sandra Sider

Sandra Sider

Sandra Sider, a studio quilt artist, and fabric designer, teaches History of Textiles to M.F.A. students at Parsons School of Design in New York. As a Juried Artist member of Studio Art Quilt Associates, she has exhibited her quilts internationally for more than twenty years. Sandra’s fascination with symbols, patterns, and costumes through history and from diverse cultures spark her creativity when designing fabric — from antiquity to Art Deco. Her books include 1000 Quilt Inspirations (Quarry) and Exploring your Artistic Voice in Contemporary Quilt Art (Schiffer).

She designs exclusively for Benartex.

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Pearl Krush

Pearl Krush

I simply love to design projects that make people smile. Even as a child, I enjoyed making things from paper, clay and fabric. I began my creative adventure through 4-H. As a mother of three sons I wanted to help with the household income so my designing life began. 

I have been designing and creating projects for the creative industries for many years. My first position was to design projects for a New York lace company. The projects were designed to increase sales of lace in the major chains. I also designed and created the companies market booths. 

I developed the Pearl Louise Designs pattern company in 1984. I have designed and produced more than 800 patterns for the quilt industry. I have written more than twenty books and have been a featured designer on several PBS programs. I have designed and produced kits for many of the fabric and catalog companies. My designs have also been published in a variety of quilt magazines. 

I opened my quilt shop, The Thimble Cottage in 1995. I employed five employees and enjoyed every minute in the shop. I closed the shop n 2013 to focus on design. 

My husband, who is a CPA has always been very supportive and he is an excellent guide when we fish for walleye. My hobbies include reading, embroidery, fishing and my three darling grandchildren. I do still believe “Happiness is Homemade”.

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Pat Sloan

Pat Sloan

Pat Sloan: designer, author, lecturer, and with her weekly radio show…

Pat truly is the “Voice of Quilting”. She has a deep passion for making quilting fun for herself and everyone around her. Pat loves to hang out with quilters on the internet as well as visit you in person… be inspired to get more done!

Sewing since she was a child and quilting for over 30 years, Pat eventually looked to her craft as a business. After a few years quilting, she started to teach quilt making to others and then turned her skills to pattern designing. She found that she really enjoys designing and seeing how other quilters made her patterns. In 2000, Pat’s designs became so popular that she and her husband Gregg formed a design and publishing company called Pat Sloan & Co. In addition to designing and publishing, they run the largest facebook group for Quilters with over 200,000 quilters from around the world. She also produces and hosts daily fun and lively videos at her Youtube channel.  As an author with over 37 quilt books, Pat stays connected to the quilt community!

Join Pat at:

Her website:  PatSloan.com

Youtube:  youtube.com/user/PatSloan

Facebook:  facebook.com/groups/QuiltWithPatSloan

Instagram:  instagram.com/quilterpatsloan

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Nancy Halvorsen

Nancy Halvorsen

Nancy Halvorsen has been designing quilt patterns and project books since 1992. “I’ve always been interested in creating, drawing and sewing since I was a little girl”. Soon after she learned to quilt, she started designing her own patterns for herself and her home. After receiving lots of positive feedback, she started publishing her own patterns. As another outlet for her creativity, and to add an exciting new aspect to her quilt designing, she started designing fabrics for Benartex in 1997. Nancy’s innovative and appealing Art to Heart designs and fabrics are recognized and loved around the world. She has published 54 books and 67 patterns with more on the way! She is always working on new patterns, fabric collections and project designs, finding inspiration everywhere. Many of her designs have positive, uplifting messages and images. “I design projects that I want my family to see. I always love to include quilt and project designs for quilters of all experience levels, a little something for everyone.”

Besides her love of sewing and quilting, Nancy loves chocolate and being out in nature. The highlights of her life are spending time with her husband, Rick, her four children and their spouses, and nine grandchildren! See her designs at arttoheart.com.

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Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson has authored twelve quilting books. She is best known for her geometric patterns, creating new and expanded designs from traditional shapes. Her quilts have been featured in numerous quilting magazines. For 21 years she shared her talents as a Traveling Quilt Instructor, which awarded her the Jewel Pierce Patterson scholarship in 2006 in honor of her work. Today she continues to share her talents as a fabric designer for Benartex. You can learn more about her work and discover all her beautiful quilt patterns at Animasquilts.com.

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Martha Campbell Pullen

Martha Campbell Pullen

Martha Campbell Pullen’s first foray in the sewing industry was in 1981, when she opened a fabrics shop in Huntsville, Alabama, quickly establishing a reputation for fine European imports.. In 1983 she published her first book, “French Hand Sewing by Machine,” which sold more than 50,000 copies. In the following years she launched Sew Beautiful, a bi-monthly magazine that brought new awareness of top designers to the sewing market. In print for more than 30 years, this magazine was a staple in the homes of sewists who loved to make beautiful garments. Her television show, Martha’s Sewing Room, aired in all 50 states and Canada for 17 years. After selling her company in 2012 to F+W Media Martha continued to collaborate for a few years, before retiring to devote time to her family. Sewing and teaching sewing motivates Martha, and she loves seeing the look of pride and joy on people’s faces when they learn a new technique. For this reason she could not stay away from her passion for sewing for too long. In  2022 she launched Rockstar Sewing by Martha Campbell Pullen Ph.D. and is debuting her first collections for Benartex “Bandana Medley” and “Veranda” in 2023

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Jim Shore

Jim Shore

Jim Shore grew up in rural South Carolina, the son of artistic parents who instilled a love of American folk art. His grandmother was a master quilter who taught him the patience and skill to bring intricate designs to life. Jim worked decades developing his craft, manufacturing his own designs and traveling the country to sell his work. Finally in 2001, he partnered with Enesco to create Heartwood Creek, the successful brand that brought Jim world-wide fame. Jim has received multiple awards from prestigious trade organizations including ICON HONORS Life Accomplishment Award in 2014.

Jim is a legend in the giftware industry, inspiring retailers and consumers alike with an enduring body of work based on tradition, family and love of country. Jim’s unmistakable style combines a diverse color palette with timeless design drawn from images of American and European folk-art forms, including quilting, rosemaling and tole painting. His fresh new interpretation of traditional motifs has international appeal and works with a variety of themes and formats, including Jim’s successful partnerships with iconic brands like Disney, Peanuts, Grinch and most recently Country Living.

During his 19-year partnership with Enesco, the Jim Shore Collection has grown from a small group of Santas, Snowmen and Angels to a broad year-round brand respected and sold around the world. From show-stopping Statues to Mini Figurines, from Santa Claus to Mickey Mouse, Jim Shore has something for everyone. It’s a tribute to Jim’s boundless creativity and unique ability to touch people in all walks of life through his art.

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The Sew Yeah Brothers

The Sew Yeah Brothers

There is so much more to the Sew Yeah Brothers than what meets the eye. In 2016 they took on the challenge to open a local quilt shop in the Entertainment Capital of the World – Las Vegas, and let’s just say that it was no easy feat. However, through trial and error, Sew Yeah Quilting soon became the largest Quilting store in the state and still continues to grow today. Working in unity, the brothers Zach, Brody, and Teancum keep everything running smoothly in a brick and mortar store with more than 10,000+ bolts while still keeping the schedule of two live fabric sales weekly on YouTube, and now designing for Benartex.  Whatever it is that the brothers are up to,  you can guarantee they’re up to it together.

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Modern Quilt Studio

Modern Quilt Studio

Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr are celebrating their 21st year as professional quiltmakers and co-founders of Modern Quilt Studio, a design studio in Oak Park, Illinois. Bill and Weeks are pioneers of the Modern Quilt Movement, having written the first book on Modern Quilting. Weeks made her first modern quilt in 1987 to rethink the possibilities of the American quilt as being expressive of the time in which we live. Bill began sewing at age 8 and started designing and making modern quilts in 1995.

Modern Quilt Studio publishes Modern Quilts Illustrated, the first ever magazine exclusively dedicated to modern quilting. From the first issue in 2011 to its latest release, Modern Quilts Illustrated has enjoyed an international following. Weeks and Bill are also authors of six books including: Transparency Quilts, Quilts Made Modern, The Modern Quilt Workshop, Quiltmaker’s Color Workshop, Color Harmony for Quilts and the best-selling children’s sewing book: A Kid’s Guide to Sewing.

Their work has been featured widely in the international press including in O:The Oprah Magazine, TIME, The New York Times, Dwell, American Patchwork & Quilting, Quilt Jikan (Japan), France Patchwork and Country Living among others. Weeks and Bill have taught extensively throughout the US, Canada, Japan (in Japanese), England and France (in French). In addition, Weeks teaches two online classes, Designing Modern Quilts on Blueprint and Solids Revolution on iquilt.com.

Weeks and Bill are prolific designers of original modern fabrics and debuted their first line in 2003. Known for their colorful yarn dyes and unique prints for Benartex’s Contempo lines, Weeks and Bill strive to inspire quilters of all ages and quilting styles. When he’s not working in the studio, Bill can be found at Dominican University in River Forest, IL where he is Director of the Graphic Design Discipline and former Chair of the Art Department.

Weeks and Bill also make one-of-a-kind commissioned quilts for public and private spaces around the world.

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Karla Gerard

Karla Gerard

My passion is painting and sharing my art with the world. I am self‐taught and I enjoy painting folk art and abstract because the styles are both simple and uncomplicated. I like incorporating elements and ideas from many different inspirational sources and combine them into my paintings, whether they be from magazines, books, photos, nature, from a dream or from right off the top of my head. My paintings seem to evolve as I go along. I start with an idea and it flourishes. I was born in Waterville, Maine. Most of my life, I have been a creative person and have loved creating and making things. Since I was a teenager, I have been drawing and painting for myself, relatives and friends. My colorful paintings are done in acrylics and sometimes oil pastels in my smoke‐free dining room studio. The colors I use and the style of my paintings, I feel, are a reflection of my personality; youthful, upbeat and kind of quirky. Since December 2002, I have been selling my original art at auction in my Ebay store. I am 57 years old and I have been married to my husband, Jerome, for 38 years. He gives me total support and sometimes some keen ideas for paintings. We have a 29 year old daughter, Holly, our only child. We have a Sun Conure named Olive Betty.

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Shelley Cavanna

Shelley Cavanna

Shelley Cavanna is a quilt and textile designer, teacher, and author from Sacramento, CA.  Author of Spectacular Stars Simplified, she has a passion for intricate, mosaic-inspired quilts.  She loves creating designs with layer-upon-layer of elements that weave in out and out of one another creating a sense of depth and movement in her designs.  Her favorite kind of quilts to make can be viewed not only as a collection of beautiful blocks, but also as large-scale, cohesive pieces of art!

Her quilts and fabric collections flirt with both the traditional, contemporary, and modern quilting genres, and she makes it her mission to turn these exquisite designs into approachable patterns for quilts of all styles and skill-levels, living up to her design mantra, “Stunning quilts made simple.” 

Visit her website at www.CorasQuilts.com for projects, fabric collections, and design inspiration!  Follow her on social media @CorasQuilts.

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Lori Dieter

Lori Dieter

Raised in rural Pennsylvania, Lori Deiter is a self-taught artist who developed a love for photography in 2007 after her youngest child graduated and left for college.  Most of Lori’s images are captured with her Canon 60D, that is always by her side.  She also dabbles in Photoshop and uses textures and various treatments on many of her images. 

Lori’s favorite subjects are barns, rural scenery, waterfalls and animals, including her two Labrador Retrievers and wild chipmunks that she feeds at her back door.   Her chipmunk photos have been published in numerous magazines and periodicals in the United States and Europe. 

Lori balances her love of photography with her family and full time job as a budget analyst.  On weekends Lori can be found hiking the trails of central Pennsylvania or traveling on photo shoots with her friends.  Through photography, Lori has developed a greater appreciation for all of the little things in life that she loves to capture and share with the world.    

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Amanda Murphy

Amanda Murphy

Amanda Murphy is a quilt and fabric designer whose style bridges the modern and traditional.  She is a BERNINA Expert and Quilting and Longarm Spokesperson; in 2018 she designed both a quilt and a fabric line to commemorate BERNINA’s 125th Anniversary.  Amanda is an international teacher, pattern designer, and fabric designer for Contempo of  Benartex.  She designs quilting templates and rulers for Brewer Sewing, embroidery and quilting collections for OESD, and has authored several books for C&T Publishing including Rulerwork Idea Book and Ultimate Guide to Rulerwork Quilting.  Amanda enjoys every part of the quilting process, from choosing fabrics, to integrating piecing and appliqué techniques, to the quilting itself.  The best part of her job is seeing people use her fabrics, books, and patterns to create their own works of art!

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Jessica Flick

Jessica Flick

Growing up in a rural area of midwest Ohio, Jessica Flick was always surrounded by the warmth of a creative family. Her favorite childhood memories are spending time together simply making things. Building doll furniture from wood in her grandfather’s woodshop, sculpting in clay in their family owned ceramic shop or sewing charming dolls from scraps of fabric that floated around her mother’s sewing room filled her days with pure delight. Determined to make art her profession, Jessica attended and graduated from the Art Academy of Cincinnati with a BFA and started her career as a graphic designer and illustrator. She quickly realized her passion for giftware and began working toward creating her own product lines that incorporate some of her favorite styles.

Today, her Cincinnati based design studio, meOmy boasts a colorful era of illustrations and design styles that reflect her creative spirit and love for handcrafted touches. Creatif Licensing has successfully licensed much of her artwork in a wide offering of products including gift and holiday collections, home decor lines, stationery, scrapbooking, and wall art. She is thrilled to be pairing her whimsical style with her licensees and hopes you are inspired and delighted by the results!

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Christa Watson

Christa Watson

I’ve been sharing my love of quilting for over 20 years, teaching others to enjoy every part of the quilt-making process. My quilting life changed for the better in 2013 when I discovered my passion for modern quilts and combined it with my style of “perfectly imperfect” machine quilting.

I currently design fabric for Benartex as part of their urban, contemporary brand called Contempo Studio. I love combining bold color and rich texture to create graphic, geometric designs that you’ve not see anywhere else!

I love developing in-depth single patterns that are available in both print and PDF. This allows me to fully explore one concept at a time and I love including full color-diagrams and machine quilting suggestions with each design!

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Cherry Guidry

Cherry Guidry

Cherry is a professional fabric and pattern designer from Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio. She loves fabric, color, polka dots, and spending lots of time at her sewing and longarm machines. Her patterns and prints are wonderful and whimsical and so popular. Cherry hopes that her work will inspire you to create something beautiful today. Her prints just pop with color. 

Be sure to look for accompanying quilts and project patterns from Cherry. Cherry also designs fabrics for Benartex.

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Anna Nyman

Anna Nyman

Throughout my life I have loved colour. Every day I sit in my little studio and work on designs and sew. I’m grateful for my imagination. I don’t have enough time for all my ideas.

I paint, draw, sew, weave, and sometimes try new things like ceramics. I started by painting in oil and continued with watercolour and later acrylic. At the same time, I have always sewn a lot. I have had exhibitions in both Sweden and Switzerland. Before moving to Switzerland, I went to a school for weavers and textile designers. I sold my carpets and tapestry in markets and exhibitions and worked part time as an art teacher for adults and children. Five years ago, I went back to school again! “Berghs school of communication”. There I found my new passion: Surface pattern Design! I am now producing handicrafts made from fabrics from my own design, for a boutique in Switzerland. There I also sell postcards. On the side I work as an art and language teacher for children. In my spare time I read books and meet my family and friends.