Lynne
Bergschultz
Bergschultz Studios
Fredonia, WI
E-mail: bergschultzstudios@gmail.com
After a decade working as an art educator, Lynne began a commercial
art career in illustration and design operating Bergschultz Studio.
Some time before 2000, a conversation with her long-time friend
and master spinner, Stefania Isaacson, sparked her curiosity about
making polymer clay buttons and ingnited a passion for these little
colored blocks of clay! While continuing as an illustrator, she
has never counted, but assumes she has made thousands of one-of-a-kind
or very limited edition buttons. The spontaneous results of playing
with polymer feed Lynne's need for creative expression. Her work
has been featured in Quiltmaker and Belle Armoire magazines and
sold at fairs and shops across the U.S. The opportunity to share
her passion for polymer by teaching workshops brings Lynne's art
career full circle!
Classes: Buttons,
Buttons, and More Buttons, Dragonfly
Pendants,
Knit a Beaded Wire Bracelet

Gwen
Blakley Kinsler
www.crochetqueen.com
Rolling Meadows, IL
E-mail: gwen@crochetqueen.com
Gwen Blakley Kinsler, Founder of the Crochet Guild of America
(CGOA), is a Certified Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA) Instructor
and recipient of the “Diploma in Crochet, Part I,” Gwen
feels her talents lie in her ability to reach and unite crocheters
to sing the praises of the craft. She is committed to the importance
of sharing her passion for crochet with anyone, especially children.
Her book, Kids Can Do It Crocheting, co-authored with Jackie Young
was published by Kids Can Press 2003. A widely published crochet
designer and author of articles on needlework, she has been teaching
crochet since 1985 to beginners and advanced students alike. A
nationally known teacher, she has taught in numerous venues ranging
from local yarn shops to Convergence, as well as the Fiber & Folk
Art Fair, and the Knit & Crochet Show sponsored by CGOA. Gwen
is the new editor of “Talking Crochet,” an e-newsletter
which reaches 300,000 readers, published by DRG Publications.
Classes: Irish
Crochet Primer, The Crochet Doctor is In

Jacey
Boggs
Insubordiknit
Grain Valley, MO
E-mail: jacey@insubordiknit.com
Jacey Boggs is known for her entertaining and instructive DVD
Sit & Spin, for her monthly workshops around the world, and
for spinning fantastical textured yarns with a technical hand.
She is a contributing editor for Spin Off magazine and is regularly
featured as an author. She is on the board of Handwoven magazine.
She blogs and podcasts at www.insubordiknit.com, homeschools her
three children, knits like a maniac, and eats way too many avocados.
Her first book, Spin Art: masting the craft of textured spinning,
with Interweave, is due out this fall and she's writing another
one now.
Classes: Boucle, Cables
and Crepes, Soft
Core Corespinning: Corespinning with Fiber!, Thick and Thin and Coils


Judy Chan
Windy City Designs
Niles, IL
E-mail: Jachan60@aol.com
Judy Chan has been teaching knitting and other fiber arts in the
Chicago area for the past 18 years. She learned to knit from her
mother and advanced her knitting techniques from the best knitters
and designers at workshops offered by TNNA, TKGA, Stitches, and
WCKG. Judy's regularly scheduled knitting classes taught at
Mosaic Yarn Studio in Des Plaines, IL (www.mosaicyarnstudio.com) are very popular and are frequently
sold out in advance; and her one day weekend knitting workshops
sponsored by local knitting guilds are scheduled throughout the
spring and summer (www.windycityknittingguild.com). Judy's original knitting patterns
are currently sold at Mosaic Yarn Studio. Her finished
garments can be seen and purchased at local fashion shows throughout
the year.
Classes: Buttonholes, Picking
Up Stitches

Tammy
L Deck
TLD Design Center & Gallery
Westmont, IL
Email: tammy@tlddesigns.com
Tammy L Deck operates her own creative art studio, "TLD Design
Center & Gallery" in a suburb of Chicago where she has
been teaching felting classes (together with other fiber art classes
such as weaving, knitting, and sewing) since 1995. She regularly
travels to teach workshops for fiber guilds/groups, high school
art departments, the Midwest Felting Symposium (Madison, WI) and
the Gia Rosa Creativity Studio (Taos, NM).
Tammy's formal education includes 2 year study in Fashion Design
at Harper College (Palatine, IL) and a BS degree and post graduate
studies in Clothing & Textile Science (major) with Fiber Art
(minor) from Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL). Tammy is
currently on the Board of Advisors for the Fashion Design Department
of College of DuPage and is a past president for the Illinois Prairie
Weavers Guild.
The majority of Tammy's wet felt work is derived from personal
exploration focused primarily in the creation of artistic/fashion
forward hats, scarves, clothing, purses, collars and cuffs which
she exhibits and sells through Chicago Area Fine Art Festivals,
the Illinois Artisan Shop of Chicago, the One of A Kind Show at
Chicago's Merchandise Mart and her own studio/gallery in Westmont,
IL. She has captured numerous awards for her body of work including
a "Best of Show" ribbon at the LaGrange West End Fine
Art Festival (2009). Her laminated (nuno) felt work has been featured
in national publications and she authored "Free Hand Felting
Unleashed" for "Belle Armoire- Art to Wear" magazine
Nov 2006 and "Recycled Sweater Hats" for Altered Couture
Magazine Nov 2006. She demonstrated fabric painting and laminated
(Nuno) felting techniques on the HGTV show "Crafters Coast
to Coast" and DIY network's "That's Clever" and
will have two felt works included in the book, "500 Felt Objects" (soon
to be released) by Lark Books (Sept 2011).
Classes: Wet
Felt Purses for Beginners

Bill
Dineen
McHenry, IL
Email: WJBDineen@aol.com
Bill Dineen (Thor on Ravelry & www.MenWhoKnit.com) has been
surrounded by fiber artists his whole life. His grandmother, Helen,
was prolific at knitting, crochet, tatting and sewing. Bill’s
late Mother, Therese, was an award winning knitter and Bill’s
sister is a professional large format Portrait Artist using fiber
as her medium. Although Bill learned to crochet as a child, it
was not until 2007 that he learned to knit. He soon met Toni Neil
at The Fold in Marengo, IL where Bill finally had to admit that
he was powerless over fiber! Since that time Bill has been studying
knitting, crochet (again!), and is a self-taught inkle loom weaver.
While learning inkle loom weaving, Bill discovered Tablet Weaving
and has been passionately exploring the unlimited options of Tablet
Weaving ever since. He is a member of TWIST - Tablet Weavers’ International
Studies & Techniques. Bill’s newest addition to his fiber
addiction is both a 63” Glimakra Standard 8 shaft Countermarch
loom and a 45” Leclerc 4 shaft Jack loom. Bill is a Registered
Nurse working in Emergency Medicine. He shares his McHenry home
with his fiancé, Andy, and their two English Bulldogs, Betty & Bob.
Classes: The Basics of Tablet Weaving

Abby
Franquemont
Abby's Yarns
Lebanon, OH
Email: abby@abbysyarns.com
Abby Franquemont, author of Respect The
Spindle, is steeped in
the fiber arts since birth. The daughter of field anthropologists
studying textile production, she was raised largely in the rural
Andes of Peru, where she learned to spin, weave and more starting
at the age of five.
In 2006, she left a successful career in information
technology in order to write and teach full-time about the fiber
arts, particularly spinning. Why spinning? Abby says it’s
the most fundamental of the fiber arts – the one upon which
the most others depend – as well as the most at risk of being
lost and the hardest to pass down in any way other than hand to
hand.
Abby is technical, passionate, inquisitive, and informed;
she has taught individuals and groups of all ages, skill levels,
and combinations thereof. Her classes sell out wherever she goes,
her book, instructional DVDs, magazine articles, and blog are
widely recommended, and her down-to-earth approach is empowering
for students of all levels.
Classes: Basic
Spindle Spinning, Basic
Wheel Spinning, Blended
Fibers, Plying
Basics, Self Striping Yarn

Stephenie
Gaustad 
Dragonfly Farms
Jackson, CA
Email: gaustad@jps.net
Sponsored by: THE FOLD
Stephenie Gaustad has been spinning, weaving, dyeing and teaching
for better than 35 years. Her many articles on the crafts have
appeared in "Handwoven", "Spin Off" and "Shuttle
Spindle and Dyepot" magazines. Stephenie illustrated "Alden
Amos’ Big Book of Handspinning". She and her husband
partner, Alden Amos, live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
where they build textile equipment.
Classes: Breaking
the Rules,
3
BASIC DRAFTING TECHNIQUES, Spinning
Cotton on a Spindle, WHAT DO
I DO WITH IT?

Jane
Grogan
Madison, WI
E-mail: janegro@yahoo.com
Jane Grogan is a spinner who took up weaving to use up her stash
of handspun yarn. Jane started off working solely on a floor loom
but a desire to take weaving "on the road" to schools,
festivals and fiber shows, required new tools. Jane now works with
a variety of continuous strand looms ranging in size from a 7-foot
triangle and 5-foot square to a 3 1/2-inch diamond.
Classes: Weave
A Diamond, Weave
A Dishcloth, Weaving a Holiday Tradition

Franklin
Habit
the-panopticon.blogspot.com
Chicago, IL
Email: franklin@franklinhabit.com
Sponsored by: Windy City Knitting Guild
Writer, illustrator, and photographer Franklin Habit is the author
of It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons (Interweave
Press, 2008) and proprietor of The Panopticon, one of
the most popular knitting blogs on Internet. On an average day,
upwards of 2,500 readers worldwide drop in for a mix of essays,
cartoons, and the continuing adventures of Dolores the Sheep.
Franklin’s other publishing experience in the fiber world
includes contributions to Yarn Market News, Interweave
Knits, Interweave Crochet, PieceWork, Cast
On: A Podcast for Knitters, Twist Collective, and
a regular column on historic knitting patterns for Knitty.com.
These days, Franklin knits and spins in Chicago, Illinois, sharing
a small city apartment with an Ashford spinning wheel and colony
of sock yarn that multiplies alarmingly whenever his back is turned.
Classes: Elizabeth
Zimmermann’s Tomten Jacket and Garter
Jacquard, Introduction
to the History, Methods and Styles of Lace Knitting, Knitted
Tessellations: Playful and Powerful Patterns in Practice, Photographing Your Fiber

Helen
Hamann
Helen Hamann
Decatur, TN
Email: info@helenhamann.com
In 1977, Ms Hamann founded Helen Hamann S.A., a sweater design
and manufacturing company, to utilize Peru’s natural resources
such as alpaca wool, pima cotton and the native labor pool. Her
designs skillfully combined the traditional colorful and intricate
Incan techniques with modern and trendy looks. Miss Hamann’s
designs were extremely well received in the most fashionable markets
in the U.S. and around the world. Helen Hamann S.A. was the first
textile company in Peru’s history to sell to international
markets under its own brand name and compete successfully with
such names as Missoni, Adrienne Vittadini and Ralph Lauren.
In 1988 she moved to Vancouver, Canada, and while continuing
to run Helen Hamann S.A., she started a trading corporation to
design, manufacture and distribute knitwear to the high fashion
international markets. Within just three years, she expanded her
markets to include Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe.
Her designs and products were featured in fashion magazines and
TV shows, appearing on the runways of Piti Filatti. Ms Hamann’s
designs, then manufactured in Peru, Uruguay and the Far East, were
sold through fashionable mail order catalogues, designer stores,
and through exclusive and high-end distribution systems such as
Mitsubishi Trading Company, C. Itoh, Nicoh, Shop America, The Hudson
Bay Company, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdale’s, among
others.
Helen’s unique talents are complemented with a strong knowledge
of the fashion and knitwear industry, as well as a deep understanding
of alpaca with all its glorious qualities in addition to its breeding
and raising challenges. For the past few years, Miss Hamann worked
in close association with AFCNA (Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North
America). They, as well as other clients around the globe, consult
Ms Hamann regarding new trends for fiber development, color and
design, while yarn manufacturers and craft magazines also rely
on her exceptional talents for developing and writing knitting
patterns.
June 2006 marked a new milestone in Ms. Hamann’s growth
and creative development. Interweave Press started marketing a
book of patterns Andean Inspired Knits, featuring exclusive
designs inspired by ancient Peruvian textiles in modern and trendy
silhouettes all beautifully hand-knitted in alpaca. 2006 also represented
another milestone in Ms. Hamann’s career, since it saw the
light of a new ready-to-wear collection of luxuriously hand-knitted
high-end garments in the highest qualities of alpaca and alpaca
blends available—a most sensual treat to the senses.
Classes: Design with the Master!

Arnhild
Hillesland
Arnhild's Knitting Studio
Ames, IA
Email: arnhild@arnhild.com
I was born and raised in Norway, where I also received
my education, a Phd in Norwegian language. I was teaching full
time until I moved to this country in June 1986. Since 1995 I have
been teaching knitting at TNNA, TKGA, at regional events and camps,
at Stitches, and for numerous yarn shops. I have translated several
knitting books from Norwegian to English for Interweave Press,
and also all the Rauma patterns on the US market.
Classes: Finishing
Techniques, Heel
Appeal, Pearls
on the Pulse, Pick
With It!, Twined
Knitting

Stefania
Isaacson
Handspun by Stefania
St Charles, IL
E-mail: stef@stefania-spins.com
Stefania has been a life-long knitter, and started spinning and
dying to supply herself with "the best yarns in the world!" She
got her Certificate of Excellence in Handspinning from the Handweaver's
Guild of America in 1997. Since then she has opened her own business
called Handspun by Stefania and taught numerous workshops dealing
in natural dyes, spinning and basket making. She has spoken about
the fiber arts to numerous groups, and has appeared on Home & Garden
TV as a guest on the Carol Duvall Show. She sells handspun, natural
hand dyed yarns, original knitting kits using her own yarns and
patterns, hand dyed roving dyed with natural dyes, and handmade
baskets. She was previously a high school English teacher, and
now enjoys teaching spinning, dyeing, and knitting to fiber enthusiasts.
Classes: In
Search of the Perfect Green--and Orange, Too!, Knitting,
Spinning,
or Two Pie Basket, Spinning for Socks

Lois
Jarvis
Rust Tex
Madison, WI
E-mail: loisjarvis@usa.net
Lois Jarvis made her first quilt in 1971. Since completing her
BFA and BS Ed she has pursued a career in fiber art. Since 2003
she has been rust dyeing fabric, selling them under the name, “Rust-Tex”,
and promoting the use of rust dyed fabrics. Currently she is combining
her love of working with rust dyed fabric, found objects, traditional
quilting techniques, computer technology and the sewing machine
to create one of a kind fiber pieces.
Note: Last year at the Fair we featured an exhibit of work using
Lois's Rust Tex dye methods: The Rust Tex Collection.
Classes: Rust Dyeing

Natasha
Lehrer
Esther's Place
Big Rock, IL
E-mail: natasha@esthersplacefibers.com
For Natasha, being a shepherd started her journey into fiber arts.
Working with fibers for nearly ten years, she uses her own wool
as well as other locally grown fibers to create unique fiber art
pieces that speak from her heart. Making the connection between
farmer and consumer, and bring the circle of sustainability into
the fiber community is a passion of hers as well. An award winning
artist, she has exhibited, presented and taught at guilds and groups
as well as at the Illinois Art Educator’s Association Conference,
and is on staff at Waubonsee Community College. As well as being
an artist, she owns and operates Esther’s Place in Big Rock,
IL…a fiber arts studio that offers classes, parties, retreats
and a community. Teaching is her greatest passion; it is her belief
that everyone should have the opportunity to be involved in art,
and she enjoys introducing people to fiber arts. In these times,
and in the world around us, her philosophy of inspiring creativity
in the midst of every day life is a breath of fresh air. Her work
and her shop can be explored on the web at www.esthersplacefibers.com
or on their blog, www.friendsofesther.wordpress.com
Classes: Fabulous Stash Buster Flowers

Lela
Luetger
Naperville, IL
Email: splinx@aol.com
Lela Dugaw Luetger is a multiple medium artist. Her current
work includes assemblage, felted dimensional landscapes, and macrame
as an art form. While attending California College of Arts, she
had the opportunity and the encouragement to work in a variety
of mediums, beginning a life long love of creative experimentation.
Her current works are an example of that desire to experiment.
Her assemblage is a commentary on scenes of every day life, often
with a humorous twist. In her dimensional landscapes Lela has developed
a multiple step, multilayered, wet felting and needle felting process
to compose representational images from wool fiber. With the reintroduction
of the macrame work she has been creating throughout her career,
she is adding new ideas and innovations to the work.
Educating has become an important creative expression
for Lela, feeling a great deal of satisfaction in teaching skills
and sharing her accumulated knowledge with eager enthusiasts.
In addition to creating her own body of work, Lela offers classes
in several fine art disciplines and fiber arts through local art
organizations, park districts, and privately. She directs an art
challenge group for other artists and serves on the board of directors
of the Naperville Art League.
Classes: Micro Macrame

Anne
Lullie
www.annelullie.com
Lake in the Hills, IL
Email: annelullie@gmail.com
Anne Lullie was taught hand sewing and embroidery by her
mother at age 6 and later taught herself to knit. Drawing and painting
were early interests, also. By high school, Anne was selling her
hand-sewn accessories and clothing in local shops and craft shows.
At high school graduation, she received the Excellence in Art award.
In college, Anne studied ceramics, printmaking, and drawing, and
a variety of multi-media techniques. She continued to sew, and
to incorporate textiles in her work.
By the early 90’s, the Lullie’s were living in the
Chicago area. Anne had been sewing for home and family for many
years when she tried her hand at traditional quilt making, when
she quickly became hooked. Vibrant colored fabric and threads became
the perfect media for her creative expression. The fusible appliqué method
has become one of her favorite quilting techniques, as it lends
itself well to her love of sensuous, curved shapes embellished
with hand embroidery.
Anne has exhibited her art quilts nationally, and won several
awards including; "Road to California 2010" Second
place art Abstract; "American Quilter's Society Quilt
Expo Des Moines" 2008 "Best Machine Workmanship"
Honorable mention in “Road to California 2003”; and
a First place in 2003 “Indiana Heritage Quilt Show”.
Images of her quilts were included in Lark Books "550
Art Quilts", and also the SAQA publications "Portfolio
16", and "Portfolio 17". In 2005,
Anne’s quilt entitled “Colorplay I” was selected
to travel internationally with the Husqvarna Viking exhibit “Art
Takes shape”. This quilt was purchased by Quilts, Inc. of
Houston Texas for their collection.
At the present time, Anne lives in Lake in the Hills, Illinois,
with her husband and their Miniature Schnauzer “Minnie”.
Anne enjoys quilting and teaching whenever possible, and is always
looking for new techniques to incorporate into her art quilts.
Classes: Floating Hearts, Mini
Scrappy Fused Funquilt, Passion for Fusion

Jayna
Marrinan
Taylorville, IL
E-mail: marrinan55@yahoo.com
Jayna Marrinan grew up surrounded by art, fine crafts, and fiber.
Having mastered knitting and crochet at a young age, she was the
assistant manager/teacher at a yarn shop in the St. Louis area
at age 15. Since then, she has taught adults through guild programs
in western Illinois and under-served children in east-central
Michigan. She has served as a jury member at the Bethel Fiber Festival
and a workshop demonstrator in a variety of locations. Her crocheted
wedding dress was published in Piecework Sept/Oct. 2003.
Jayna enjoys historical fiber arts such as Irish Crochet, and knitted
lace. Simply knowing something about the history of a technique
helps to decipher antique patterns. She holds a bachelor of fine
arts degree from Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan.
Classes: Irish Crochet

Debbie
Moyes
Twisted Stars
Highland Park, IL
E-mail: thequilter@twistedstars.com
Debbie Moyes has been working with fiber, in one form or another,
all her life. After taking weaving lessons with her mother when
she was in college, learning how to spin and dye was a natural
progression. She took up rug hooking while living in New England.
When she found out that she would be moving to Asia for many years,
she began quilting, since it was a more portable craft. Collecting
beautiful and unusual Asian fabrics was a wonderful past time and
she taught quilting to expatriates and locals while living in Singapore,
China and Japan. Home is now the North Shore of Chicago where she
lives with her wonderful husband and Jasmine the cat.
Classes: English
Paper Piecing, Primitive Rug Hooking

Sylvie
Nguyen
Cherry Valley, IL
E-mail: sylvienguyen@comcast.net
Though having a lifelong interest in fiber arts, bobbin
lace was only embraced in recent years. Having taught adults and
young adults for many years, bobbin lace became another way to
share teaching and bobbin lace making. A variety of lace making
materials and applications is most enjoyed, with a preference for
making tape laces.
Living in Cherry Valley, Illinois, USA, Sylvie is involved with
teaching and a local lace guild.
Classes: Introduction to Bobbin Lace Making

Mary Libby Neiman
On The Surface
Wilmette, IL
E-mail: marylibby@onsurface.com
Mary Libby has been working with and teaching beads and fibers
for over 15 years. She has authored two books on beads and fibers,
Bead Crochet Basics, and Bead Knitting, as well as several articles
for Beadwork and Bead & Button magazines. Her tassel and cord
projects as well as bead knit and bead crochet projects have appeared
in numerous books.
Recently she has researched and written about Green issues and
will continue to promote more earth friendly ways of managing a
business and a home.
Classes: Multi Wrap Bracelet with Leather and Beads

Elizabeth
O'Brien
The Knitting Goddess
Chicago, IL
E-mail: knit239@gmail.com
I have a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in
Home Economics. I was the owner of Elizabeth’s Knit Shop,
Chicago for 10 years. My shop featured my own designs. I have taught
a variety of workshops and classes around the Chicago area for
many years.
Classes: Adding
Color to Your Knitting with Slip Stitches,
Beaded
Buttons, Cast
On,
Dorset
Buttons,
Knit
to Fit,
Knitted
Sock Bookmark,
Round Heel for Knitted Socks

Cindy
Polfer
Big Rock, IL
E-mail: cpolfer@juno.com
Cindy Polfer has a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education
and just loves to teach anyone who wants to learn. She has been
teaching needle arts for over 25 years and is proficient in knitting,
crocheting, tatting and sewing. She also writes technical articles
and designs patterns and garments for magazine and book publications.
She is a professional designer and throughout the years has had
her designs and articles published in Vogue Knitting, Workbasket,
Fashion Knitting, Knit-n-Style, Creative Knitting and several books
published by House of White Birches, as well as other major publications.
She has also taught classes at Stitches and TKGA. She has recently
completed a two year Associates Degree in Fashion Design.
Classes: Invisible
Seam Finishes for Knitting, Needle-tatted
Embellished Note Card

Merike
Saarniit
www.Liisu.com
Meadows of Dan, VA
E-mail: merike.saarniit@gmail.com
As part of her Estonian upbringing, Merike learned many aspects
of needlework including a lot of knitting. Having owned a sheep
farm, a fibercrafting equipment and supplies shop as well as her
own hand dyed yarns and fibers business, Merike now works primarily
as a teacher of knitting, spinning, dyeing and weaving nationally
and internationally.
Classes: 3-2-1
Roundabout, Estonian
Elongated Stitches, Estonian
Stitch Sampler You Can Use

Joan
Sheridan
Heritage Spinning
Lake Orion, MI
E-mail: joan@heritagespinning.com
Joan Sheridan is a weaver, knitter, spinner and fiber explorer.
Soon after learning to spin and weave, she opened Heritage Spinning
and Weaving and has been sharing her love for everything fiber-ey
at her shop for 10 years. Joan has taught at the National Needlearts
Association annual trade show, MFF, CNCH, NML&W and SOAR and
has earned her Master Knitter II certification. She is also co-founder
of Knit Michigan, a charitable non-profit, that brings fiber lovers
together to help cancer patients and their families.
Classes: An Introduction
to Weaving Using the Rigid Heddle Loom,
Warping Simplified

Carol
Sulcoski
Black Bunny Fibers
Villanova, PA
E-mail: carol@blackbunnyfibers.com
Carol J. Sulcoski is a former attorney turned knitting designer
and handdyer. She is author of Knitting Socks
With Handpainted Yarns and co-author of Knit
So Fine (both published by Interweave
Press). Her work has been published in Vogue Knitting, KnitSimple,
St-Denis Magazine, KnitScene, and various other books and magazines.
She also founded Black Bunny Fibers (www.blackbunnyfibers.com),
an independent dyeing business creating unique handpainted yarns
and fibers, and her indie patterns can be found on Ravelry and
Patternfish. She lives outside Philadelphia with her family, and
is currently working on her third book.
Classes: Creativity
with Color, Making
Friends with Your Handpaints,
Self-Stripers: How They Work & How to Use Them, Yarn
Substitution Made Easy
Three
Sisters Folk Art School
Three Sisters Folk Art School
Chillacothe, IL
E-mail: info@threesistersfolkartschool.com
Sponsored by Three Sisters Folk Art School

Joan Quigg (left)
hildaoblosb@aol.com
Joan Quigg began
her journey in fiber arts at the age of four, when her grandmother
taught her to cross stitch. Since that time, she has done embroidery,
knitting, crochet, sewing, tailoring, weaving, basketry, kumihimo,
beading, dyeing, and other forms of playing with fabric and yarn.
She especially enjoys projects which incorporate mixed techniques.
Joan hold a BS in related art with emphasis on costume and textile
design, as well as a BS in nursing.
Lisé Mundwiller (above, center)
pooh6673@aol.com
Lisé Mundwiller
is a registered nurse and the Director of Clinical and Surgical
Services at Great Plains Orthopaedics and an experienced small
business owner of baking, catering, and jewelry making services.
In addition to transforming mis-shapened lumps of metal clay into
beautiful personal ornaments, Lisé is an accomplished weaver,
knitter, quilter, gardener and chef.
Jennie Hawkey (above, right)
info@hopewellcreations.com
Jennie Hawkey
has been creating quality textiles and handmade items for over
25 years. Although she specializes in hand weaving, Jennie is
also adept at leatherwork and embroidery, often combining her skills
to create intricately detailed pieces.
Jennie is an active member of the Illinois arts
community. She is an long-time member of the Handweavers' Guild
of Peoria and a founding member of Three Sisters Folk Art School.
Jennie has a passion for teaching and has presented at weaving
workshops and meetings.
Class: The Magic of Weaving

Carol
Wagner
Hidden Valley
Farm & Woolen Mill
Valders, WI
E-mail: hvfarmwoolenmill@lakefield.net
Carol has been a spinner since 1988 and uses the yarns she produces
in knitting, weaving and felting projects. She is passionate
about fiber and promotes quality production of the fiber to be
spun. As a carder by trade, Carol enjoys creating with a
drumcarder as that allows for the creation of truly unique yarns. There
is great satisfaction working with fibers you have processed yourself.
Carol and her husband Paul raise registered Coopworth sheep and
have a flock of approximately 200. They are often asked to
speak to sheep breeder groups to promote wool and to help producers
add value to their wool clip. The also own Hidden Valley
Woolen Mill near Valders, Wisconsin where the goal is to assist
the customer with the creative process.
Classes: Drumcarding...Techniques
for Success

Mary
Wallace 
White Dove Farm
Cambridge, WI
E-mail: whitedove@jvlnet.com
Sponsored by: The Fold
While having explored many fiber arts, Mary Wallace was
smitten by felting over ten years ago and is now an avid feltmaker
who markets her award-winning felt pieces and teaches felting classes.
She has taught felting to students from preschool to adults at
a variety of venues including the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival,
Midwest Felters’ Symposium, and the Midwest Fiber and Folk
Art Fair.
She is a member of the Black Hawk Artists and is on the Earth,
Wood, and Fire artists tour, a studio tour held in South Central
Wisconsin every October.
Mary has been raising natural colored and white Corriedale sheep
for nearly 25 years. Early on she fell in love with the wonderful
qualities of wool and went on to learn a great deal about that
fiber. She has given numerous talks about wool and is a wool judge.
She was the wool show superintendent at the Wisconsin Sheep and
Wool Festival for eight years and was the first recipient of the
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative’s Master Shepherd Award
in the wool division. She particularly enjoys utilizing her wool
expertise and knowledge in the art of feltmaking.
Note: Mary is also our sheep breed judge this year for the first
Fleece Competition!
Class: Felted Nuno Scarf
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