Profiles



Wendy Burtenshaw

Wendy is a dressmaker and designer by trade and has been involved in patchwork for over 20 years.  She initially worked with English piecing methods with a variety of shapes before progressing to machine piecing. She has a strong Read more

Suzen Bornman

Suzen was introduced to quilting about 15 years ago and has been teaching for several years and is passionate about sharing this wonderful craft and  loves ‘converting’ non-quilters and introducing them to quilting.  She keeps up to date with the Read more

Sandra Pheiffer

Firstly I am married and have 3 children – a daughter and 2 sons plus 2 granddaughters.  Piet, my husband, and I have been retired since 2006. We are very fortunate that we are both young and healthy Read more

Allyson Rischbieter

Allyson has been teaching formally for 2 years but started quilting in 2000.  Although she has always taught skills that she has been blessed with, she shares her knowledge with an outreach group, a craft-time home group and also Read more

Leslie Pahl

I live in Mondeor, Johannesburg, and have been quilting and teaching for more that 20 years.  I am a partner in a quilt shop together with my daughter Suanne.  UMNYAMA has been in business for 10 years. In the last Read more

Melanie Brummer

Fabric Dyeing -Free Play In Full Colour: Would you like to learn how to work with dye in many colours? This fun class teaches you how to create a variety of different patterns with different binding techniques, as Read more

Jenny Smith

I have been quilting for 17 years. I started embroidery lessons with Shirley Prakke many years ago. Then changed to Patchwork and Quilting still with Shirley and have attended many different classes at previous festivals and was privileged Read more

Marina Sigalas

My life with crafts started 28 years ago as a weaver, spinner and dyer. My involvement with quilting started 25 years ago as a means to decorate my home with beautiful bed quilts. As I learned more about Read more

Rose Perry

I began quilting about 20 years ago when I attended the Quilt Festival at J.C.E. My first quilt turned out fine and I was hooked on quilting from then on. At a later date, my sister showed me Read more

Yvonne Holmes

Yvonne has been quilting for more than 25 years, long before we had such a choice of lovely cotton materials so easily available.  She started teaching beginners classes with Nanette Diab in Boksburg around 1998, and together they were Read more

Wilna de Beer

I have been working full time at SPiNNeRiN Quilting and Embroidery Shop since September of 2003.  We soon realized that there was a need in our area for a very basic “Beginners course” in patchwork.  So I decided that I Read more

Denise Jones

Denise is an exceptional quilter with almost 15 years of quilting experience.She has an eye for colour especially the very brights which are in extreme contrast to her quiet gentle nature. She brings out the best in her Read more

Cynthia White

At a young age I became interested in sewing and knitting and then pursued other crafts such as decoupage. However it was not until later in life that I started to take an interest in quilting. My first Read more

Lesley Taylor

I have been teaching now for 25 years and most of this time have taught patchwork quilting and embroidery. My favourite lesson is when a pupil brings a picture and says help me do that. Any picture not Read more