Qualifications

·                    American Quilters Society  (AQS) skills classes completed:
      Insurance Value Appraisals (2 day course)
      Beyond Insurance/Fair Market and Donation Appraisals
      Hands-On Appraising
      Dating Quilts
      The Business of Appraising

·                    Extensive library of books for quilt appraising

·                    Co-founder of an appraisal study group WQHP, consisting of members from Wisconsin and Illinois (meets quarterly)

·                    Quiltmaker since 1995

·                    Active member of the following quilting communities and has held or *currently holds positions listed:

AQS (American Quilters Society)

            NQA (National Quilting Association)

            WQI (Wisconsin Quilters Inc.)
                       *Director

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Textiles

Star Point Quilters Guild, Stevens Point, WI
                 Membership Chair, Newsletter Editor, Treasurer, Quilt Show Chair 2004,
                *Webmaster, *Quilt Show Chair 2006, *Programs Co-chair

·                    Personal quilts have won awards, have been published on the internet, and showcased on computer software programs

·                    Fabric collector

·                    Have examined/studied many art, antique, and traditional quilts

·                    Have studied quilting techniques from the following quilting professionals as indicated:

o       Diane Gaudynski, Doreen Speckman, Karen Stone, Darlene Zimmerman, Louisa Smith, Mary Mashuta, Jo Morton, Karen Combs, Liz Lois, Linda Halpin, Diane Christiansen, Bobbie Aug, Gerald Roy, Nancy Eha, …