在三月份的德克萨斯州教学之旅中,我的主持人在 凡尔林棉被’ Guild 在弗雷德里克斯堡是 凯特 Hunter. I stayed at 凯特’s home for three nights, enjoying her kind hospitality and seeing her 被子. 凯特 has a degree in mechanical engineering and worked at Boeing in the Pacific Northwest until she retired about six years ago. After many years of writing airplane repair instructions and 教学 other engineers, she has changed her focus to designing 被子 and 教学 quilters.

凯特’s specialties are 被子 inspired 通过 travel, wall hangings that capture travel memories, and techniques that can be used to capture the travel themes. Many quilters enjoy travelling and collect fabric, postcards and a variety of souvenirs as well as taking photographs along the way. 凯特 teaches how to use this memorabilia to create a travel memory quilt. 这里 are a couple of small examples.

In this larger piece, 凯特 has created a map of the area around Fredericksburg and added the local highlights. She uses a variety of techniques and materials including piecing the background, applique, photos 上 fabric, couching and embroidery. The cowboy boots are ultra-suede with reverse applique to create the colored patterns.


凯特 travels to teach and would be delighted to come to your area. Check her 网站 与她联系。它’s always fun to see how other quilters organize their studios. 凯特 is good friends with 路易斯·哈洛克, a quilter with whom she used to work at Boeing. Lois travels and teaches quilters about organizing their quilting space and making good ergonomic choices. She sold 凯特 上 storage boxes for supplies and projects. 凯特 has these nicely labelled and stacked above her shelves. She also has useful and attractive containers for storing fat quarters.
