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Catherine Timmons
Hello! Thank you for
spending time at my website. I have been making
quilts for 23 years and teaching quiltmaking for 16 years. My experience and my
love of quiltmaking and teaching have enabled me to travel and meet new people
and see old friends. I enjoy it very much, so if you are interested in hosting
a workshop or commissioning a quilt, please send me an email. I can provide
references from students, shop owners and workshop organizers.
Creating this website
helped me realize just how many quilts I've actually made! I'm not quite sure
how I accomplished it while raising a family. I remember thinking, when I had small children, that I
always seemed to be sewing after midnight. It was then that I started making
quilts. We were living in a tiny farming town in Germany, and I had one magazine
and TERRIBLE fabric. I bullied a friend into helping me. The "Thousand Pyramids"
quilt looked good, so we made cardboard templates of those pointy triangles and
then cut around them with the amazing little rotary cutter - no rulers or
gridded mats - and of course the cutter just chewed up the templates until they
were useless. We did get a couple of rows of triangles sewn together, but then
the rows wouldn't match up. It's a wonder that we didn't quit and take up
basketweaving. I graciously permitted my friend to keep that project, and I
believe she unloaded the whole mess on an unsuspecting neighbor years
later.
When we moved back to the
United States, I became involved with the Missouri Extension Homemakers Club
near our home at Whiteman Air Force Base. There was a great interest in quilting
in that group, and we organized a quilt guild. Although I had sewn clothing for
20 years, the quiltmaking skills were totally different. I took classes and read
everything I could find. My involvement with the county extension office led to
the 4H clubs, where I taught sewing and quiltmaking classes for children.
Several years later, we moved to the beautiful mountains north of
Spokane, and there I started teaching quiltmaking classes to adults. The first
few classes, fifteen years ago, were learning experiences for all of us. The
ladies were very patient and kind. Many of them still come for classes when I
return to Washington for quilt classes every year. My husband and I
both grew up in the Midwest, so we were glad to eventually return and be closer
to our extended families. We live in Southeast Wisconsin now, and I teach small
groups locally and travel to teach quiltmaking classes across the United States.
This career has been a delight to me - I have friends in so many places, and I
am able to take "working vacations" to see them. I enjoy travel, and I love
teaching. (After raising three sons, perhaps I just enjoy the
company of adult women!)
If you
have any questions about this website and it's contents, please don't hesitate
to contact me. The easiest way to reach me is to send an e-mail to cathe@gloryquilts.com .
Instructor
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Demonstrated quiltmaking for Missouri
Extension Homemakers Association state conference, Jefferson City, MO, 1991,
which I attended as an MEHA Young Homemaker of the Year.
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Instructed children in quiltmaking for 4H,
Knob Noster, MO 1990 - 1991.
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Lectured for Chewelah Christian Women's
Club, Chewelah, WA 1993 and 1994.
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Instructor at Akers United Drug, Chewelah,
WA, from 1992 - 1995.
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Independent instructor in Watersmeet, MI,
1995.
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Instructor for Heartstrings Quilts and
Fabrics, Eagle River, WI, 1995 - 1999.
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Instructor for quilt workshops for Big
Sand Lake Resort, Eagle River, WI, 1998 and 1999.
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Independent instructor in Land O'Lakes,
WI, 1996 - 2000.
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Guest instructor for the Tomahawk Area
Quilt Guild's quilters' weekend, at the University of WI Treehaven, 1999.
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Taught weekend quilt retreats at Wheaton
College's Honey Rock Camp, Three Lakes, WI, 2000, 2001, and 2003.
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Instructed at ten two-week Quilt Holidays
(15 - 20 classes per visit) at Akers United Drug, in Chewelah, WA since
1997.
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Instructor for a sewing and quiltmaking
class for high school girls, Racine Area Homeschoolers, Racine, WI, 2001 -
2003.
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Instructor at MJ Quiltworks, Burlington,
WI, 2001-2005.
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Taught Quilt Weekends in LaBelle, FL and
Ridgecrest, CA, fall of 2002.
- Taught a "Quilt 'til You Wilt" retreat for the
Southport Quilt Guild in SE Wisconsin, 2005
- Currently teaching occasional workshops and classes
in SE Wisconsin
Exhibitor
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Exhibited in Art Impressions, Land
O'Lakes, WI, 1996 - 1999. (Honorable Mention Award 1996 and Sponsor Purchase
Award 1997)
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Exhibited in Artarama, Eagle River, WI,
1999. (Honorable Mention Award)
- Valley Community Fair, WA 1996, 1st Place Ribbon for
Original Pieced Coat
- Vilas County Fair, WI 1998, 1st Place Ribbons for
Rose of Sharon hand appliqué and hand quilted
pillow and Quilted Jacket
Organizations
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Co-organized Whiteman Area Piecemakers
Quilt Guild, Knob Noster, MO, 1989.
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Contributed to the organization of
Colville Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Colville, WA, 1993.
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Co-organized Cabin Fever Quilters, South
Stevens County, WA, 1994.
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Co-organized the Sew What Club, Land
O'Lakes, WI, 1999.
- Co-organized the Chocolate City Quilt Guild,
Burlington, WI, 2002
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