On display are works from internationally acclaimed featured visiting artists and a judged show of quilts completed by regional artists from Northeast Ohio and around the United States.
Be sure to vote for your favorite entry to receive the People’s Choice award!
To heighten an appreciation for the art of quilting, quilting workshops and lectures are offered by the two featured artists and regional talent.
Quilts 2010 features works from internationally acclaimed featured visiting artists known for their works, writings, and workshops.
Hariett Hargrave
Harriet comes from a family of quilters. She mastered machine embroidery in the mid-1970s, and adapted machine quilting from there at a time when the local quilt guilds thought machine piecing was not kosher—let alone machine quilting! She was teaching machine piecing, appliqué and quilting through the adult education system by 1978 and opened her store, Harriet’s Treadle Arts, along with her mother in April of 1981.
Harriet has authored and co-authored a number of books, the latest with her daughter Carrie. They are currently working on a series of books for beginning quilters. The first in the series of six books debuted in September 2009 and includes her new workshop “Town Square.”
Harriet has also worked to develop an exceptional lines of natural fiber battings to meet quilters’ needs and has printed four very successful line of reproduction fabrics.
Harriet has traveled extensively worldwide spreading the word that machine quilting is okay and that quilts are not machine quilted, but “hand quilted with an electric needle.”
It is no wonder that Marti Michell, the 2004 Silver Star Honoree at the Houston International Quilt Festival, is often introduced as a pioneer in the current quilt revival. In fact, in 1972 when Marti and her husband Richard started Yours Truly, Inc., a patchwork kit company, there was no quilt industry. Whether she is participating as a teacher, quilter, author, publisher, manufacturer, designer, consultant, judge or quilt collector, her enthusiasm for and love of quilting is always evident.
Since 1995, the Michells have manufactured the From Marti Michell line of acrylic templates and specialty rulers for rotary cutting. In 1991, she also received the first Michael Kile award given for commitment to creativity and excellence in the quilting industry.
Her influence in the quilting industry is enormous. Marti lives in Atlanta, Georgia but was born and raised in Iowa. She received a B.S. in Textiles and Clothing and Home Ec Journalism from Iowa State University.
Feb 15 – 20, 2011
Vibrant colors, striking contrasts, use of value, as well as heavy machine quilting and embroidery distinguish Carol’s quilts. Offers workshops in color value, lines and circles, free motion machine quilting, and thread painting. www.caroltaylorquilts.com
Betty Ekern Suiter
March 8 – 13, 2011
Traditional artist specializing in needle turn appliqué and hand quilting. Offers workshops in several original appliqué designs, hand quilting, trapunto and drafting feathered quilting designs. In 1989 became the 9th Master Quilter in the world, certified by NQA. www.bettyekernsuiter.com
Quilting workshops and lectures are offered to heighten anappreciation for the art of quilting throughout Quilts 2010. Workshops led by featured and regional quilt artists offer people of all ages and quilting abilities a chance to discover and improve on a wide variety of quilting techniques.
Celestial Dream
Irene Comfort Stehli
Chardon, OH First in Bed Quilt Hand Applique category
SPECIAL COMMENDATION of HAND QUILTING
The Book of Beasts/Le Livre des Bêtes Christine Saletès-Allchin (also 2nd in WH Hand Applique category)
Willoughby, OH Second in Wall Hanging Hand Applique category
SPECIAL COMMENDATION of MACHINE QUILTING
Amongst The Cosmos: Ganesh, Lord of Success
Sandra E Soni (also 2nd )
North Canton, OH Second in Pictorial category
A jam-packed weekend of quilts, demonstrations and shopping at quilt vendor booths! Don’t be left out in the cold...Farmpark is the place to be for all your quilting needs!
Directions Take 1-90 to Rt. 306 (Mentor, Kirtland Exit), South on Rt. 306 five miles to Euclid Chardon Rd. (Rt.6), East on Euclid Chardon Road one mile. Entrance to Farmpark is on the right
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On display are works from internationally acclaimed 
It is no wonder that Marti Michell, the 2004 Silver Star Honoree at the Houston International Quilt Festival, is often introduced as a pioneer in the current quilt revival. In fact, in 1972 when Marti and her husband Richard started Yours Truly, Inc., a patchwork kit company, there was no quilt industry. Whether she is participating as a teacher, quilter, author, publisher, manufacturer, designer, consultant, judge or quilt collector, her enthusiasm for and love of quilting is always evident. 
Her influence in the quilting industry is enormous. Marti lives in Atlanta, Georgia but was born and raised in Iowa. She received a B.S. in Textiles and Clothing and Home Ec Journalism from Iowa State University. 
Carol Taylor
Betty Ekern Suiter
Quilting workshops and lectures are offered to heighten anappreciation for the art of quilting throughout Quilts 2010. Workshops led by featured and regional quilt artists offer people of all ages and quilting abilities a chance to discover and improve on a wide variety of quilting techniques. 
Take 1-90 to Rt. 306 (Mentor, Kirtland Exit), South on Rt. 306 five miles to Euclid Chardon Rd. (Rt.6), East on Euclid Chardon Road one mile. Entrance to Farmpark is on the right
