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3rd Annual Quilter’s
Getaway in beautiful
Trinidad by the Sea
February 26, 27, 28, 2009
Complete information and registration will be posted
and mailed September, 2008
If interested please
contact Jill at
jillschumacher@frontiernet.net
NEW: “Sashiko Sampler” class will be offered at the
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Watch for registration and signup information beginning
September 4, 2008 for the 3rd Annual Quilters
Getaway in Trinidad , CA .
Jill
Schumacher will be teaching Free Motion Machine
Quilting, a 5 day workshop, April 19-April 24, 2009 at Empty
Spools Seminars, Asilomar Conference Grounds, “Refuge by the
Sea”, Pacific Grove , CA For complete registration and
details call 925-930-7893
www.emptyspoolsseminars.com
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Meet Jill Schumacher
N ational
Award winning machine quilter, Jill began making her first
quilts at the age of 12. Having been an art major, Jill has
dabbled in many different art forms. It was not until many
years later that Jill was introduced to the art of machine
quilting in 1997. She fell in love with this method of
quilting and has not stopped since first experiencing the
thrill of completing each heirloom quilt. Her first machine
quilted quilt won the Best of Show at the Siskiyou County
Fair in 1998 and went on to take Second Place in the State
level competition. This recognition started Jill’s journey
into competitions and later, the inception of her quilting
business, Quiltmaker to the Queen. Jill has taken classes
across the country from Master Quilters and is working
toward her own certification as a Master Machine Quilter.
In 2003, her children
encouraged her to retire from her full time job and teach
the art of machine quilting to others. Jill is now teaching
in several of the western states and sharing her techniques
with others so that they too, will be able to enhance the
beauty of their own quilts. She has students that have never
machine quilted, but once they learn her easy techniques,
they too, are creating their own masterpieces. Jill has
been invited to teach at Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar
in Pacific Grove, California in 2009.
Jill has quilted more
than 475 quilts over the past 10 years for both herself and
customers and has won numerous awards including national
awards at AQS in Paducah, Kentucky as well as Best Machine
Quilting awards at NQA and Pacific International Quilt
Festival in Santa Clara, CA. One of Jill’s award winning
quilts was featured in Great American Quilts book 11 and the
AQS 2003 calendar. Jill’s Flower Girl Memories quilt also
traveled to Japan with all of the AQS winners from 2001 and
was displayed at their Japan Quilt Expo.
Jill loves empowering
students and shows them the easy way to gain confidence and
build their skills so that they too, will enjoy creating
their own heirlooms and masterpieces.
“It gives me great
joy to empower my students and introduce them to the world
of machine quilting. I get a thrill in watching their faces
light up when they complete their first feathered wreath”.
Jill’s Motto:
Learning to machine quilt is as easy as learning to ride a
bicycle.
Come join Jill on a
quilting adventure and learn the art of creating your
heirlooms of tomorrow on your home sewing machine.
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