Professional Services
of MSQG members

636-561-2111
barb@bolesta.com
www.barbbolesta.com

Barb has extensive background in sewing and quilting.  She specializes in appliqué, machine quilting,
machine trapunto, color theory for quilters and paper foundation piecing.  Website contains class
descriptions and fees. Also several lectures and trunk shows available.

HALLYE  BONE

12549 Bickford Dr.
St. Louis MO 63141
314-872-9353
hallyebone@charter.net

Hallye is a quilt appraiser, certified by the AQS.  She is an author of Caring for Your Quilts from Kansas
City Star.  She lectures on 30’s quilts, crazy quilts, redwork, quilt care and other topics.  She is an expert
at quilt repair.  She teaches in several St. Louis area quilt shops and gives workshops across the
Midwest.

LINDA CARLSON

2509 Teal Lake Place
Mexico MO 65265
573-581-8643
ljcarlson@hughes.net
www.lindacarlsonquilts.com

Linda is an author, workshop leader, Baby Geniuses fabric designer.

MARTHA ETHRIDGE

11645 Forest Lakes Drive
Rolla MO 65401
573-364-2130
ethridge@rollanet.org

Martha has been Quilting for over 30 years and is a Certified Cotton Theory Instructor.  Martha teaches
classes in quilt construction and techniques including bargello, reversible quilts, strip piecing (non
traditional patterns such as Grandma’s Flower Garden and Tumbling Blocks), rotary cutting and Cotton
Theory.  Also does quilts by special order.

                                           

CARLA GOWER

Carla Gower Custom Quilts
21963 State Hwy Y
Lewistown MO 63452
573-767-5479
cgquilts@dstream.net
www.carlagowerquilts.com

Carla has a home based business providing a full range of hand-guided machine quilting services
using a Gammill quilting machine.  She is experienced in all aspects of custom and all-over machine
quilting, specializing in free hand designs and makes T-shirt and custom quilts to customer
specifications.  “My mission is to provide reasonably priced, good quality quilting that meets your needs.  
I will strive to make your finished quilt the best it can be by treating as if it were my own.”

CHERI’ HOFELDT

27387 Courtney Place Court
Warrenton Mo 63383
636-456-3070 - Home
636-456-5799 - Business
Qretreat@usmo.com

Cheri’ has been in ten Hobbs fashion shows and offers a humorous trunk show featuring these and
other garments.  She also does lectures and workshops on Cathedral Windows, Denim Quilts, Memory
Quilts and the newest is “It’s in the Bag”.  Cheri’ has been doing custom heirloom quilting on her
Gammill quilting machine for 10 years.  She makes custom memory quilts with things such as T-shirts,
Hockey Jerseys, Handkerchiefs and pictures.  Size of logos doesn’t matter.  Large or small, it can be
made into a quilt.  Please write, call or e-mail for a free brochure.

TERRI KANYUCK

Feather Touch Quilting
145 Forest Drive
Labadie MO
636-451-5799
i_quilt2@yahoo.com

Terri started quilting in “99 and began her business in 2001.  Terri specializes in custom machine
quilting but offers all over designs as well.  She offers many types of battings and threads to help make
your finished project a very special one.

TOBY LISCHKO

5625 Jenny Lane
Robertsville MO 63072
314-913-1197
tlischko@yahoo.com
www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com

I am a quilt teacher/designer and do commissioned work for many fabric companies and national
magazines.  I teach a wide variety of workshops from beginner to advance, specializing in beginner
techniques, miniatures, 8-point stars, foundation piecing, precision piecing, quilt design (EQ6) and
curved piecing.  My lectures/trunk shows include: “The History of the Curved Block and its Influence on
my work”, “So You Want to See Your Quilt in Print”,  “The Wonders of EQ6” , “Making Miniatures, Not
Harder, Just Smaller” and “Using Mirrors to Enhance and Add Variety to Your Quilt Blocks”.  My Web site
carries my patterns, book, notion and links to free web patterns.Information regarding my
workshops/lectures and fees can be found on my website or by calling me.
                                                                

NELLIE MUELLER

1970 Woodhaven Lane
Pacific MO 63060
636-257-3716
sew197@yahoo.com

Nellie has been teaching for guilds and quilt shops in the Midwest since 1988.  She has a home- based
business, Sewing Basket, and has published several patterns.  She often appears as Grandma Quilter,
Ima Quilter, who shares the humorous side of quilt-making.  Nellie’s classes generally involve rotary
cutting and machine piecing, but her newest listing involves purse-making patterns, skills and tips.  She
is a member of Piecemakers Quilt Club (St. Clair MO) and Bits and Pieces (Ballwin).  Contact Nellie for
schedule and fees.

JUDY OBERKROM

3696 West 129 Place
Leawood KS 66209
913-491-1295 - Home
913-484-8008 - Cell
Jelo@kc.rr.com
www.craftyjudy.com

Judy does a trunk show and workshops available on Embroidery, Crazy Quilting, Denim Duds and
Beading techniques, Fabric Landscaping.  See website for class samples and brochures available
upon request.

SHELLY PAGLIAI

Prairie Moon Quilts
31763 Intrepid Road
Macon, MO 63552
660.676.0606
shelly@prairiemoonquilts.com
www.prairiemoonquilts.com

Shelly has been a quilter since 1974, and has been teaching quilting since 1996. In 1999, she began
her pattern-design company, Prairie Moon Quilts. Visit the web site for all the latest kits, patterns, and
other information.

Shelly has exhibited nationally for years, including several times in the AQS Show in Paducah, KY, the
IQA Show in Houston, TX, the NQA Show, Quilt Expo, the Vermont Quilt Festival, and many others. Shelly
has won many awards throughout her career.  

Shelly teaches classes on appliqué, hand piecing, hand quilting, designing personalized quilts, and
many other topics. She offers various half-day and full-day workshops, as well as trunk shows and
lectures. Call or email for more information and a complete brochure.
                        
                                                     

JEANNE POORE

8205 West 91st Street
Overland Park KS 66212
913-648-3963
jepodesigns@everestkc.net

Jeanne is a quilt instructor, lecturer, judge, pattern and fabric designer.  She has presented programs
for guilds, libraries, museums, Kansas City Fabric Expo and the KC Women’s Convention.  She has
taught and lectured in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska and Nova Scotia.  
She has a home based pattern company called JEPO Designs.  She has been an active member of
numerous Guilds ---local, regional and national.  She has worked and taught at Prairie Point Quilt Shop
in Shawnee KS since it opened in 1995, as well as taught for Johnson County Parks and Recreation
Department for six years and at the Bernina store in Overland Park.  She is the author of Santa’s Parade,
Fan Quilt Memories and Kansas Spirit and been featured in Kansas City Quiltmakers, Quilters Stories
and Star Quilts; and had her quilts in Hearts and Flowers, Celebrate the Seasons With Quilts, Horn of
Plenty, Quilt and Embellish in One Step, Beyond the basics, Borderland in Butternut and Blue, and Facts
& Fabrications-Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery, Magazines: Quilts on the cover of Quilting
Today
and published in Better Homes and Gardens Quilt Sampler, Traditional Quiltworks and Old Fashion
Patchwork.  Lectures: All Star Review; Red, White and Blue, Kansas City Star Revisited; Scraps, Scraps
and more Scrapes, Prize Winning Quilts-What Judges Look For, You Can Too; Border to Border
Workshops; Double Star Twist; Old Maid’s Puzzle; Stitch/Flip, Bow Tie; Cat’s Cradle; Maple Leaf; Potato
Chip; Patches Galore; Grandmother’s Quilt; Grandma Addie’s Star; Zingy Log Cabin; Flying Geese in the
Cabin; Star Puzzle; Morning Star; Memory Lane; Quick Flying Geese; Up and Away to the Future; Tall
Oaks Falling Leaves; Kaleidoscope; Flowers in My Garden; Four Garnett Crowns; Traveler’s Star;
Seeking the Light; Star Stepping; Spooling Around the Logs; Twinkling Star Medallion; Starry Path to
Freedom; Victorian Cut Glass. --- Contact Jeanne for fees for lectures, workshops and retreats.  Pictures
are available upon request.
                                         
                              
BARBARA RASA

The Apple Tree
19499 Bell Road
Higginsville MO 64037
660-584-7379
barbrasa@ctis.net

Barbara has operated a home based business since 1987, selling one-of-a-kind fabrics.  She uses
methods in creating fabrics—discharge, mono-printing, paints, dyes, pen and ink, ---Babara is a charter
member of Best Missouri Hands, Partners in Patchwork Guild and Whiteman Area Piecemakers --- She
is available for trunk shows, lectures and workshops
                                  
SUZANNE SANDERS-TOURTELOT

63 Holiday Island Drive
Holiday Island AR 72631
479-253-8842
www.theartquilter.com
stourtelot@cox.net

WORKSHOPS – Needle punch felting – Composite Cloth – Creative Fabric Art – Designing with Thread –
Thread Painted Floral Wall Hanging – Fabric Dyeing – Silk Dyeing – Glitzy Fabric Journal.  Please visit
my web site or contact me for details, fees and availability.

                                            
SANDI WAGNER

Sewfine Machine Quilting
4669 Fuchs Road
St. Louis MO 63128
314-487-4178 (home)
314-488-4036 (cell)
sw_sewfine@att.net

Sandi has been quilting since 2002 and offers all aspects of the art of machine quilting:  allover
designs, light or heavy custom work, basting for hand quilting, etc.  She carries many different battings
and threads and can help you in design decisions to fit your needs and budget.  She quilts for YOU
taking care of, and pride in, your finished treasure.


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