Quilt History Teachers Outside the USA
The teachers and lecturers who are listed here have expertise in one or more
areas dealing with quilts and quilt history. You will find those who are
qualified to give lectures and/or workshops, including; authors, designers,
historians, and more. Each with the love of quilts and quilting, and the desire
to share their knowledge with others. Listings are submitted by the
teachers themselves and are sorted into categories based on their general
geographic area.
Dorothy Osler is a native of Great Britain, but also travels and
teaches in the USA, Canada, and Europe. Dorothy has been quilting since 1960,
and has been a Teacher, writer, lecturer since the 1970s. Her publications
include: Machine Patchwork Technique and Design; Traditional British Quilts;
Quilting; and Quilting Design Sourcebook.
Most of Dorothy's lectures relate to quilt history in some manner, and
include topical and practical formats. Topics of interest include: Traditional
British Quilts (from the 18th century to 1959); Welsh and English Quilts, Quilt
Designers of Northern England, Durham Quilting - a story of quilts and
characters in a distant part of England, and Transatlantic Connections,
1800-1990 - a look at the quiltmaking experiences of women of Britain and
America over a period when ideas passed to and fro across the pond and
influencing forces changed.
Dorothy also teaches several practical classes, including some in relation
to her topical lectures.
E~Mail Dorothy Osler
Diane MacLeod Shink is a native of Nova Scotia, a graduate of Mount Allison and
SUNY Universities and a retired high school teacher. Diane teaches quilting,
collects and restores aprons and quilts. She completed the requirements for
certification as a Quilt Appraiser in 2000 in Paducah, Kentucky. Her interest in
historical quilts has yielded the column Yesterdays Quilts printed
quarterly in The Canadian
Quilter. Trunk shows, lectures on quilt history, and care of quilts have
been given to guilds throughout Canada. She resides in Montreal West, Quebec
with her husband and two grown sons. For more information, visit her
web page
E~Mail Diane at dimacquilt@sympatico.ca
Andrea Stracke has been teaching handquilting to students
in Germany since 1998. Her specialties are wholecloth quilts and their tradition
and history in Great Britain. Visit her
website or
E~Mail andrea.stracke@quiltkunst.de
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