Bobbie Aug
Bobbie is a nationally known quilt judge, teacher and lecturer from Colorado Springs.  She is a certified AQS quilt appraiser.  She has co-authored eight books and lectured extensively in the United States.  In addition to being a contemporary quiltmaker and collector, Bobbie collects antique quilts and is a full time quilt scholar.  She is a co-administrator of the Appraisal Certification Committee for AQS and is Vice President of Education for the International Quilters Association.  Bobbie has taught and lectured at International Quilt Festival in Houston, Vermont Quilt Festival, in Paducah at the American Quilts Society Show and Road to California, among others. 
qwltpro@msn.com - www.BobbieAug.com

John Flynn
John, who lives in Billings, Montana, has appeared at our state conventions before and has always provided new methods and humor to make his teaching memorable.  John is a prize winning quilter, author, designer and inventor of the no-baste machine quilting system, the Flynn Multi-Frame. He is a trained civil engineer who became a quilter along the way.  He is always challenging himself to make piecing and quilting techniques faster, easier and more accurate for his students.  His knowledge as an engineer has helped him devise better techniques for doing some of the old standby methods.  He brings a unique blend of skills to the classroom.  He has now added fabric designer to his list of accomplishments.   
johnflynn@mcn.net - www.flynnquilt.com

Mary Sue Suit
Mary Sue is a quiltmaker and designer living in the Nebraska Panhandle.  She has a passion for geometric piecing which led to the creation of her own unique ruler, Mary Sue's Triangle Ruler, and to the publication of four quilt technique books which describe her methods of working with geometric shapes beyond the square and right triangle.  Her work has been seen on the HGTV show Simply Quilts and has appeared in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine and Miniatures magazine.  Recent quilts have received awards at the Oklahoma City Quilt Show, Machine Quilters Showcase, AQS Nashville Quilt Festival and the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas.  Her desire as a teacher is to help students master new techniques that can help them create their own designs.
marysue@msquilt.com - www.msquilt.com

Member Teachers

Alice Kay Arnett
Alice Kay is very experienced in a lot of needlework forms such as sewing, knitting, counted cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel embroidery and quilting.  She began quilting about 10 years ago and has been teaching quilt classes since 2000.  She has taught in Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Tennessee.  Alice Kay really enjoys the challenges of intricately pieced quilts.  She is a member of the Nebraska State Quilt Guild, Colorado Quilt Council and the Wyoming State Quilt Guild.  Alice Kay and her husband of 42 years live in Laramie, Wyoming.  They are both retired, have two grown children and one granddaughter.  Alice Kay is also an organist and pianist for her church in Laramie and volunteers her time for charity.
alicekay@uwyo.edu -  307-745-7668

Cathy Audley
Cathy has been quilting for 15 years.  She enjoys dyeing, painting and printing on fabrics to reflect her creativity.  She has taught workshops and classes in Arizona, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska and at Quilt Nebraska.  She is a member of the Olathe Quilters Guild, NSQG, AQS, the Heartland Quilt Network and the Kansas State Guild.  While she likes many aspects of quilting she especially enjoys threadwork used to embellish quilt tops. Cathy lives in Olathe, Kansas.
caudley@swbell.net  -  913-390-6665
sisterspeakquilting.com

Darice Cecil
Darice, born and raised on a farm in SW Nebraska learned to quilt from her mom (Bea Bauerle, NSQG President).  She made her first quilt when she was 17 years old.  This first quilt was a log cabin using the Quilt in a Day pattern by Eleanor Burns.  This began a 20+ year's love of quilting.  After “retiring” from her job in community development and planning, Darice began passing on her love of quilting by teaching beginning quilting classes.  Through these classes over 20 new quilters have been introduced to the joy of quilting.  Last summer she taught her first Mother/Daughter quilt class for girls ages 8 and up.  Fourteen young ladies were introduced and fell in love with quilting.  In addition to teaching quilting, Darice serves as the 2008 Quilt Mom and Membership Chair for the NSQG.  She also teaches women's Bible study classes at her church and volunteers at the children's elementary school.  Darice lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband and two children, Alia, 9, and Jonah, 7.
dcecil@neb.rr.com  -  402-476-9124

Sue Chaffee
Sue has been quilting since 1989.  A former elementary school teacher, she has taught at guilds and shops in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Arizona.  She lives in Overland Park, Kansas and has been a teacher at Quilt Nebraska several years.  Sue is a member of the Nebraska State Quilt Guild, The American Quilt Society and the Olathe Quilters Guild where she has served as newsletter editor and as president. She has had quilts juried into the Denver National Quilt Show, AQS show in Nashville and Road to California. She enjoys the many faces of quilting and likes to manipulate fabric through dyeing, printing, painting, discharging, creating her own wax batiks and embellishing. 
drchaffee@everestkc.net   -  913-317-8393
sisterspeakquilting.com

Katy Coleman
Kick back, relax, learn a trick or two and use a creative part of your brain when you take a Katy Coleman class.  Katy considers herself a quiltist, combining quilting and artistry to produce traditional and contemporary pieces that are extensions of her ventures outside the 'norm' of quilting.  Katy, who's from Seward, Nebraska, has taught on the local, regional and international levels, where her workshops and trunk shows are well attended by those ready to expand their own quilting knowledge and quilting joy.  Encouragement and entertainment are part of every session.  Think outside that box and experience an idea-expanding enjoyable class.
sanityquilts@hotmail.com  -  402-643- 6451
www.katycolemanquilts.com

Vi Colombe
Vi lives on a ranch on the beautiful Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where she creates unique and beautiful star quilts using the colors of nature as her inspiration.  She is an enrolled member of the Modac Tribe of Oklahoma and has resided in Mission for the last 40 years.  Vi began quilting in 1999, however she has been an avid seamstress for the majority of her life.  The Star Quilt or Lone Star is her signature style of quilts.  She has made hundreds of Star Quilts, each of them unique.  Her quilts have been seen across the United States - through various publications in quilting magazines to trunk shows.  The joy and passion Vi has for the Star Quilt is shown in her unique displays of color and design. Winner of a Bush Grants for the arts, she is fast becoming one of the most sought after instructors in the Midwest and has been featured in many leading publications.  Her quilts have been exhibited in a number of museums and traveling exhibits. Vi's workshops are inspiring, educational and entertaining and bring a whole new perspective to the construction of a star quilt.
605-452-3379

Alice Della Cruz
Alice began sewing clothes by hand for her trolls in the mid-sixties.  Reaching official 4-H age (9) allowed her to start using a sewing machine, but handwork remains a favorite.  Her quilts range from traditional to “arty”.  She usually works in a “more is better” style, preferring many fabrics and complex and/or free-form work in her piecing, appliqué and quilting.  Her hand-dyed fabric business, DellaJane Hand Dyes, can be seen on-line at http://www.DellaJane.com.  She lives at Omaha with her husband Al, their two daughters Caitlin and Alyssa, a mini-schnauzer Casey, and a cat Griffey.
alice@dellajane.com  -  402-498-2793

Jan DeBolt
Jan is one of the founders of the Wyoming State Quilt Guild and a strong believer in quilting camaraderie.  Quilting has been a common thread in friendships and activities since 1982.  Jan calls her home her studio and it truly is.  You can find a quilting process in every room and there is even a quilted shower curtain to greet overnight friends.  Jan enjoys teaching and sharing her knowledge gleaned from taking classes and through trial and error.  She lives in Colorado now but still claims strong Wyoming roots.
jande2@bresnan.net  -  970-523-0844

Barb Gardner
Barb has been quilting over 20 years.  She has a background in textile design and enjoys designing her own patterns under the “Gardners Delights Patterns” name.  She has had quilts hanging in galleries and her works have been published in magazines.  Two of her works are featured in the Longmont Quilters Guild calendar for 2008.  They are “Cosmic Poppies” and “Dancing Diamonds”, both classes she will be teaching at Quilt Nebraska 2008.  Barb, who lives in Louisville, Colorado has worked and taught at quilt shops for over 10 years.  She has taught at several festivals, as well as at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in November 2007.  She is on the board for “Quilt Colorado” and is active in several  guilds, including NSQG.  She also makes charity quilts.  To see examples of Barb's works visit her website at
GardnersDelights@comcast.net  -  303-926-1512
www.GardnersDelights.com

Judy Gasseling
Judy describes herself as a self-taught, traditional machine quilter.  She began quilting in the 1970's; however, since 1990 quilting has become a daily obsession and activity.  Judy enjoys sharing her quilts with groups.  As a quilting instructor she strives to make quilting easy and fun. Her quilts have been displayed at the Nebraska State quilt convention and other shows.  She has taught workshops and lectured in Nebraska.  Judy is a graduate of Chadron State College.  Judy lives in Minden, Nebraska with her husband.  She is a member of the Country Crossroads Quilt Guild of Kearney and the Nebraska State Quilt Guild.  She has two daughters whom she has taught to quilt and five grandsons, some of whom have already begun quilting. 
judygasseling@yahoo.com  -  308-832-1799

Barb Gorges
Barb is from Cheyenne, Wyoming and enjoys teaching Electric Quilt.  Students are so impressed with what they are able to design using the software on the computers provided by the five community colleges and the University of Wyoming where she's taught EQ.  Her 13 years of teaching classes on beginning quilting at Laramie County Community College have made her yearn for something more challenging than squares and triangles.  Pursuing that challenge she discovered instead that the 2” hexagons she turned to were even easier, despite the set-in seams by machine! (Hexagon Mosaic by Machine)  Barb is also the inventor of Gorges Quilt Care Labels.
bgorges4@msn.com  -  307-634-0463

Lynn Greer
Lynn has explored all areas of quilting but has focused on miniatures the last few years.  She loves the challenge of making tiny quilts while maintaining the accuracy and beauty of a large quilt.  She is now in the process of making quilts for her doll bed collection.  She is a graduate of UNL, member of Thayer County Quilt Guild, AQS and NSQG. She's won awards at Nebraska State Fair, NQA and Miniatures of the Heart contest.  Lynn and her husband John, farm near Edgar, Nebraska and enjoy spending time with their two daughters, their husbands and especially their four grandchildren.
badlands@superiornet.net  -  402-224-4175

Annette Kennedy
Annette grew up in Ohio and has lived in several states and Puerto Rico as a military wife, and now resides in Colorado.  All of these places have sparked her interest in landscapes and nature.  From childhood Annette has sewn clothes and done many types of needle arts.  As a young adult she took up folk art painting.  Since 2003 she has been combining her love of nature, fiber, color and painting to create pictorial art quilts.  She uses commercial and hand painted fabrics in the quilts, and paints on the surface of her quilts to add details, depth and interest.  Annette's quilts have been juried into many national quilt shows and art exhibits.  To see examples of Annette's work see her website: 
annettekennedy@hotmail.com  -  303-772-3745
www.annettekennedy.com.

Claudia Kiser
Claudia grew up in the Mormon community of Salt Lake City and learned to sew and hand quilt at a very young age. She's since moved to Columbus, Nebraska and become a teacher and lecturer.  She loves new projects and enjoys piecing as many at a time as she can fit into her schedule!  She is a hand and longarm quilter and loves both finishing methods.  Designing is a joy and she has done jackets and handbags lately.  She says meeting new people gets her creative juices going so she can't wait to meet new friends at Quilt Nebraska.     cakiser@neb.rr.com     402-563-2381

Esther Kleinkauf
Esther discovered the 'art' of quilting in 1983 while taking a rest at a farm show.  It took her a few years to find the right teacher, but then she was on her way.  Her quilts have been juried into the AQS Show three times, won awards in NQA shows and have been seen in exhibits throughout Nebraska and recently the nation.  She received the NSQG Variable Star Award in 1995 and the Golden Thread Award in 2004.  She has held several offices in her local guild at North Platte, Nebraska and was its newsletter editor for four years.  To support her quilting habit she is an accountant with a home-based practice specializing in tax preparation. When not involved with either of these enterprises she likes to read, garden, practice martial arts and travel with her husband. 
blackbelt2@bigfoot.com  -  308-523-1401

Sandra Kosch
Sandra is a wife, mom, grandma and quilter from Shelby, Nebraska.  She has been quilting for more than 35 years.  Over the years Sandra has taken many workshops and classes as she continues to learn the many techniques, styles and methods involved in quilting.  She enjoys teaching and will gladly share her knowledge with you.  On her journey of quilting Sandra has also served in various offices and chairmanships in her local quilt guilds and NSQG.
bk03935@alltel.net  -  402-527-5676

Bonnie Kucera
Bonnie and her husband Douglas are Nebraska natives currently living in Hickman.  She started her quilting career with the Nimble Thimble Quilt Guild at Aurora in 1985.  After years of sewing clothes she thought quilting would be a good way to use up scraps.  WRONG!  She found through quilting you actually acquired MORE scraps.  Some of her best quilts are inspired by a box of scraps.  Bonnie has won Best of Show at the Nebraska State Fair in 1994 and 2000 with numerous other first place ribbons through the years.
bdk905@galaxycable.net  -  402-792-3191

Angela McLean
Angela who lives in Aurora, Nebraska has a history/museum background and is also a pianist/composer.  Her company, Pieceful Dreams, ties everything together.  As a quilt designer she introduced her quilt kit, “Charmalade” on QVC, appeared on Aileen's Creative Living and teaches “Kids Collage” through UNL.  As a musician she has produced 4 original music albums, a quilt exhibit DVD and has won music awards including “Songwriter of the Year”.  Her patterns and compositions are an eclectic reflection of life experiences.  Her husband Robb, their boys Andrew and Nolan, and her manager Linda Hough are a continuous support of help and inspiration.
mclean@hamilton.net  -  402-694-2984
www.pieceful-dreams.com

Colleene Minnick
A self-taught quiltmaker, Colleene has been teaching since 1980.  She has taught for local quilt shops, guilds, Central Community College, student classes at the local schools as well as being a repeat teacher at QNE.   Her passion is picture quilts and hand quilted, whole cloth, self designed wall hangings commemorating special occasions in her large family.  She has exhibited at a number of shows receiving several 'Best of Show'.  Colleene is a charter member of NSQG and presently serves as the President of the Needles 'N Friends quilt guild in Red Cloud which she helped to organize three years ago.
hirise@gpcom.net  -  402-746-2928

Peg Pennell
Peg was born in Omaha, Nebraska and lived there until her recent move to Ashland, Nebraska.  She and her husband, Craig, designed and built their dream home and Peg is still trying to get her quilt studio back up and running!  Peg enjoys teaching quilting and continues to add to her self published line of patterns.  She loves the friendships made through quilting and particularly likes teaching at the annual QNE Conventions.  She especially enjoys the beautiful Chadron location and looks forward to seeing everyone there!
isoqlts@charter.net  -  402-944-8163
www.pegpennell.com

Wendy Ray
Wendy is a designer, teacher, author and quilter who has taught classes on surface design and quilting techniques for over twenty-six years.  Skilled in both traditional and contemporary quilting techniques, she also restores antique quilts.  She is currently based in Lincoln, Nebraska where she is pursuing a degree in fiber arts and textile design at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.  Her work, which is inspired by nature and found objects, incorporates innovative surface design techniques and unusual materials.  Her recent fiber arts exhibitions include “Beyond Pulp” at the Loft Gallery; “Repeat After Me” at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at the University of Nebraska Lincoln; “Quilts and Teachers” at the Memorial Hall Gallery at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska; Studio 251 Art at the OSO Burrito in Lincoln; and Community Art Show at the Trinity Baptist Church in Lincoln.  Her presentations and classes are lively and informative, appealing both to beginners and the experienced who want to expand their design vocabulary and learn new techniques.
wraerco@yahoo.com  -  402-217-4216

Loriann Sanders
Lori has been working with and selling sewing machines for 27 years.  She is a quilter, garment maker and has been involved with all aspects of the sewing machine from selling to repair, to teaching classes.  She owns a shop in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and is involved in all the day to day operations including teaching almost every day.  Lori is passionate about the world of sewing and all the new technology, especially in the world of quilting.  She trains at conventions and regular workshops on the machines every year and is always amazed at what is new and different.  She thoroughly enjoys bringing all that information to her classes and lectures.
las@allophone.com  -  308-632-3734

Gloria Smith
Gloria has been quilting for the past 30 years.  She has worked and taught at several fabric stores in Nebraska.  She has had several quilts selected to travel with challenge exhibits.  She is an active member of local quilting guilds.  For the past 3 years she has been running a long-arm machine quilting business out of her home.  Gloria lives in Lincoln, has one daughter and 2 cats, Bobbin and Button.
402-489-0062

Peg Spradlin
Peg has been quilting out of her home in rural Cozad, Nebraska on her domestic Bernina sewing machine for close to 20 years.  Most of that time she has been a home sewer for Quiltmaker, Quilter's Newsletter and Quilt It magazines.  She enjoys all aspects of quilting including piecing and appliqué but her true love is quilting the top after it's been pieced.  Peg teaches these techniques to classes in Nebraska, and in Arizona where she spends the winter months.  Peg has had a number of her quilts and articles published in various quilting magazines including Quiltmaker and Machine Quilting Unlimited.  She has also won awards for her quilts on the state level.
spradlin@cozadtel.net  -  308-784-4473

Joan Waldman
Joan lives in Platte Center, Nebraska and has been quilting for over 40 years, teaching quilting for about 30.  Although now semi-retired, she still teaches a few classes locally and online at Quilt University.  Joan belongs to two guilds - CQC and CPQG plus AQS, NQA and NSQG.  She now enjoys trying out all the techniques she didn't have time for while raising a family.  Enjoying retirement with her husband, Harold, is now high on her priority list.
quilterj@frontiernet.net  -  402-246-3311

Judith Allen 'Judie' Zinn
When Judy retired from her Administrative Secretarial position some years ago, she decided to devote more time to her great love - quilting.  Enough ribbons later, she decided that what would really fulfill her heart's desire would be to become a teacher of those things that she loves:  hand appliqué, hand quilting and hand piecing.  She is delighted to share her knowledge with others and now prefers to see her students' names on the winning entries.
zinniadesign@cox.net   - 402-558-7840