Qualified TVQA Teachers are current members of TVQA who are willing to share their talent and time in helping others learn the art of quilting. They are enthusiastic, confident, and flexible. They make all students feel welcome, realizing all students are not at the same level. They should be aware of the history of quilting. A working knowledge of fabric, color, design, patterns, and techniques for piecing, appliqué, and quilting basics are essential.
A Qualified TVQA Teacher sets her/his own fees and negotiates with the guild requesting services. As TVQA members, teachers are expected to price their services fairly and possibly offer TVQA member guilds an advantage over non-member guilds. When hired by TVQA member guilds, Qualified TVQA Teachers are paid mileage by the TVQA treasury. Additional expenses, such as meals and overnight accommodations, are either included in the teacher’s fees or covered separately by the guild.
Those interested in being a teacher or wish to update their teaching status, please complete the TVQA teacher form. If you have any questions about teaching, contact the TVQA vice president at tvqavicepresident@gmail.com.
TVQA Teacher Form
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TVQA Mileage Reimbursement Form
TVQA teachers may request reimbursement for mileage for TVQA- and TVQA guild-related events that they participate in as a teacher. To request reimbursement for your mileage, please complete this form:
TVQA Mileage Reimbursement Form
TVQA Teachers
A current list of Qualified Teachers and the classes they offer follows:
Cheryl Hitchcock – cheryl.hitchcock@mtsu.edu – (931) 808-2187
Comments: Expenses plus $25 per participant. Limit 20 participants. Schedule at least half a day.
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| T-Shirt Quilts | Approaches to Making T-Shirt Quilts |
Kathy Kuryla – kuryla@comcast.net – (615) 390-9202
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| Trunk Show | Quick and Easy quilts |
| Panels | What can you do with Panels? |
| Machine Quilting | Gain confidence |
| Machine Quilting | Machine Quilting Primer |
| Machine Quilting | Let’s Doodle |
| Machine Quilting | Zentangle quilting |
| Techniques | Accurate Piecing or What have I forgotten over the years? |
| Lecture | Franklin Quilt Company Trunk Show |
Pauline Lang – lang57.pl@gmail.com – (802)238-9436
Comments: I am flexible on travel and prefer classes to be during the day with a maximum student capacity of 15 – 20 students. If I do a trunk show, I like to follow up with a 6-hour workshop the next day.
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| Rulers/Tools/Etc. | Studio180 Design Tools |
| Trunk Show | Showing quilts made with Studio 180 tools |
| Techniques | Various techniques using S180 Design tools |
Denni Green – dgreen47@comcast.net – (615)480-4265
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| Applique | Raw Edge Machine Applique |
| Panels | Secret Window Panel, Flights of Fancy, Moody Bloom |
| Small Projects | Friendship Braided table runner, Jewel Box Runner |
| Quilt Block | Variations on Log Cabin block |
| Trunk Show | Ways to incorporate panels in quilts |
Christine Jehle – chrisjehle@outlook.com – (585) 305-9660
Comments: I prefer to do classes during the day if it is further than 50 miles. Class size is dependent on what I am teaching. We could talk about that when you have chosen what you would like to do.
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| Small Projects | Folded Star Hot Pad |
| Small Projects | Hanging Kitchen Towel |
| Purses & Bags | Mary Ellen’s Bag |
| Purses & Bags | Different Purse Patterns |
| Purses & Bags | Mini Diva Wallet |
Anne Marcellis – samquiltdesigns@yahoo.com – (517) 750-4065 – samquiltdesigns.com
Comments: Lectures allow 55-60 minutes. No class size limit. Any location.
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| Lecture | My Journey to Creative Quilting, My Journey to Free Motion, Everything you never knew about 9 degree rulers |
| Applique | Freezer Paper Appliqué |
| Art Quilts | Improvisational curvaceous piecing, Ombre Ribbons, 9 degree Sunflower wall hanging |
| Bargello | Swirling Runners or Swirling Runners on a slant, Swirling Quilts |
| Quilt Block | Beginning Quilt patterns |
| Borders & Edges | Migrating Geese |
| Rulers/Tools/Etc | Ruler Bag and Extension |
| Memory Quilts | Fun way to remember with photos on your quilt |
| Panels | One Block Wonder with panels |
| Paper Piecing | Learn the easy and fun way to foundation paper piece |
| Purses & Bags | Fun and unique Tote bags |
| Scrappy Quilts | Scrappy Dresdens wall hanging, Scrappy Flower Bunches wall hanging |
| Techniques | Birthstone pillow or quilt, Storm at Sea, Half square triangle blocks made easier |
| Rug Quilts | Jelly roll rug fun |
Rebecca Quan – revampedgirl@yahoo.com – (615) 506-3120 – https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccaquan1365
Comments: No class size limit for the Memory Quilt class.
No more than 10 people for the paper piecing class.
If the class is 2.5 hours away, I will need to drive up the night before and stay in a hotel. Supply list will be addressed when you decide to take a class. We can discuss hourly rate / lump sum fee individually with each quilt guild.
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| Memory Quilts | Turn Your Baby / Loved Ones Clothes into a Keepsake Quilt |
| Paper Piecing | Woven Star |
Kay Roberts – pkrthread@comcast.net – (615) 973-5375
| Category | Class Name |
|---|---|
| Lecture | Travel adventures with Kay & Kathy |
| Trunk Show | Quick and Easy quilts |