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New Year Brings New Workshops to MAQS...
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If a trip to Paducah, Kentucky is in your future, check out the new calendar of workshops available at the Museum of the American Quilter's Society for 2007. Diane Gaudynski and Philippa Naylor will offer free-motion machine-quilting classes. Diane's workshops are in March and August, and Philippa's "Trapunto and Free-motion Quilting Masterclass" is scheduled for the end of April. In June, Katie Pasquini Masopust offers a session on creating abstract quilts. In July, Ruth B. McDowell returns to MAQS with "Designing from Nature," and Ricky Tims will teach students to create their own heirloom-style quilts. Autumn will bring Carol Taylor with "Sensuous Lines, Curves & Circles" in September, and both Pepper Cory and Ann Fahl offer creative inspiration classes in October. Pepper's workshop is entitled "Two Blocks are Better than One!" and Ann invites students to make a one-of-a-kind wall quilt with a message stitched into the quilt. For details, contact MAQS. 270-442-8856;
quiltmuseum.org
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New Owners for Clothworks...
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Seattle-based Clothworks Textiles is now headed by Ted and Candice Hoffman. The family-owned business was started as Fabric Sales Company by the late Joseph Peha almost 50 years ago, and over time, the company changed its name to Clothworks. Joseph's son David Peha managed the business for more than 25 years before deciding to retire and sell the company. As a former management consultant and now creative director for Clothworks, Candice Hoffman says she is busy building relationships with artists and designers currently under contract such as Laurel Burch and Diane Knott as well as searching for new talent. The company's fabrics are sold in more than 2,400 shops throughout the U.S. and 24 other countries, and Ted Hoffman, formerly a finance and information technology executive for Microsoft, hopes to expand distribution of Clothworks fabrics to new international markets.
clothworks-fabric.com
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