Abbreviated Resume

Educational experience:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts Ohio University 1961 - 1965
• Graphic Arts courses Clemson University 1975 - 1976
• Computer Science courses, undergraduate and graduate level, Clemson University 1979 - 1987

Work Experience:

• Elementary school art teacher Erie County OH 1965 - 1967
• Cameraman and graphic artist Martin Printing Company 1976 - 1977 Easley, SC
• Programmer, Analyst, up through Senior Systems Analyst Administrative Programming Services, Clemson University 1980 - 1991

Recent Exhibits and Competitions:

• Nimble Thimbles Quilt show, in conjunction with the Aunt Het Festival, Fountain Inn, SC; featured quilter; 2002
• "FOCUS - an exhibition of Fiber Artists", Pickens County Museum of Art and History; 2002
• "Fabric Artists of the Upstate", the Spartanburg County Museum of Art; 2002
• Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson, SC; 2001 and 2002
• "FOCUS: Fabric Art", Erskine College, Due West, SC; 2001
• "Quilt Regional: Breaking Traditions", Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC, in conjunction with a travelling component of Quilt National: The Best in Contemporary Quilts; 2000
• ETV Endowment of SC's First Televised Art Auction, 2000, juried Millennium Collection: grand prize
• "Creative Mentors of the New Millennium", Anderson County Arts Center, Anderson, SC; 1999
• "Works of Iron, Walls of Cloth", Unstairs Gallery, Tryon ; 1999
• "Quilts in Bloom" on the Flower Island of Mainau, Bodensee, Germany; 1999
• 'The Art of the Quilt", Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC; 1999

Highlights of teaching, judging and lecturing engagements - 1999 through 2002:

• Old Church Gallery Quilt Guild, Floyd, Virgina (judging)
• Seaside Piecemakers, Sattellite Beach, Florida
• Smithtown Quilters, Long Island, NY
• Pieceful Hearts Quilters, North Augusta, SC
• Hall County Quilters, Gainesville, GA
• York County Quilters, Rock Hill, SC
• Devine Quilters, Columbia, SC
• Logan Lap Quilters, Columbia
• Sea Island Quilters, Beaufort, SC
• John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
• Teaching tour of four coastal guilds in North Carolina
• Teaching tour of three inland guilds in North Carolina
• Lowell Quilt Festival, Lowell, MA
• North Carolina Quilt Symposium
• Northern Star Quilt Guild, Somers, NY
• Nutmeg Quilters, Ridgefield, CT

Teaching and lecturing commitments for 2003:

• Logan Lap Quilters, Columbia, SC
• York County Quilters, Rock Hill, SC
• Western North Carolina Quilt Guild
• Linden Women's Club, Linden, IN
• Colorado Quilt Council, Arvada, CO
• Bennington Quiltfest, Bennington, VT (featured quilter)
• John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
• Northwest Suburban Quilters Guild, Inc., Arlington Heights, Il

Print and visual media:

• Guest quilter on episode 748 of "Simply Quilts" starring Alex Anderson
• "Friendship Blocks: New Setting for Sentimental Favorites", published by That Patchwork Place, 2001
• "A New Slant on Bargello Quilts", published by That Patchwork Place, 1998
• "Bargello Quilts", published by That Patchwork Place, 1994
• "Magi Bargello" and "Angel Bargello" stand-alone patterns
• Quilt featured in "Quilts in Bloom" exhibit catalog, 1999
• That Patchwork Place computer screen saver, 1999
• Contemporary Quilts postcard book published by That Patchwork Place, 1997

Workshops

Description of the Bargello Classes

Students will learn the "Quilt-as-you-Build-It" method to create a beautiful bargello wall piece that will be about 30" x 40". Students will learn the mechanics of planning a bargello wall piece, including how to compute fabric needs and how to cut the strips to get the desired finished dimensions. They will also practice creating individual curve designs with some individual design augmentations , but there will be a graph to use for the class project.

In the Advanced Class, students will plan an individual Bargello design, beginning with a paper-strip "sketch" and then moving onto the design wall, using some handouts for inspiration. Emphasis will be on learning the technical geometry built into Bargello and then deviating from that structure. The students will learn how to plan a graph and how to create counteracting curve arrangements.

Students will prepare backing and batting and mark it with the sewing grid, then sew down the bargello strips to create the design. They will have the option of adding separator strips and we will discuss applique augmentations. Border plans will be discussed and started for any student who reaches that stage of completion.

Classes include:

• Beginning and Slant Bargello classes - basic curve; individualization is encouraged
• Intermediate Bargello - reflecting structure
• Advanced Bargello- free-form art class with teacher guidance; for quilters with experience
• Combination class - beginning/intermediate options for participants with greatly varying skill levels
• Angel Bargello - learning how to create that wall hanging from my pattern

Description of the Arabesque Class

There are many possibilities using these interchangeable blocks. By repeating and reversing them, you can create a queen-size bed cover or lap throw. Set on point, the end result is a lovely medallion quilt. By eliminating the transparency fabric, the motifs can be made to intertwine with each other. In this class, we will select an individual block arrangement and learn the easy applique techniques that require no marking on the fabric. Color choices are unlimited. If, however, you want the effect of see-through main or secondary motifs, you will choose a transparency fabric that is a combination of the colors of the main and secondary designs. For this workshop, students will begin a 45" x 45" wall-hanging, five squares by five squares. Hand applique techniques will be emphasized, but those with machine applique experience, or those who prefer to fuse designs, may work independently with those skills.

For more information about my patterns, classes or quilts, please contact me at margedie@bellsouth.net.