Having sewn since I was very young, I learned to quilt while volunteering for a school project for my son’s kindergarten class. As soon as I turned to machine quilting to finish my quilts, I was hooked! After taking classes from many talented quilters, and especially inspired by Diane Gaudynski, I am passionate about machine quilting quilts of all sizes – all on my home sewing machine.
My quilts have received over 15 awards in national and regional quilt shows since I began exhibiting my work in 2006, including the following national awards in 2011 for my quilt Five Bar Blues:
- The Brother Award for Wall Machine Workmanship at the 2011 American Quilters Society show in Paducah, Kentucky
- Second Place, Small Pieced Quilts at the National Quilters Association show in Columbus, Ohio.
and for my miniature quilt Square in Square I:
- Second Place, Miniature Quilts at the 2011 National Quilters Association show in Columbus, Ohio.
- Third Place, Miniature Quilts at the 2011 Houston International Quilt Show.
I love to share my passion for machine quilting in workshops and lectures across the country.
If you would like to see more about my work, my finished quilts, and my teaching schedule, visit my website at www.dianeloomisquilts.com
Diane,
Members of Farmington Valley Quilters of Connecticut visited the Quilt Museum in Lowell last year and we were very impressed with your work. We’d like to invite you to speak and possibly give a workshop at our guild in the fall of 2010, winter of 2010/2011 or spring of 2011 with focus on trapunto. I have an “official” invitation for you – how would you prefer that I send it and what address shall I use?
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Meg Lines, Co-Chair, Program
Farmington Valley Quilters
Simsbury, CT
Hi Meg, thanks very much for your kind words about my work. I enjoyed putting together the small exhibit at the Quilt Museum last spring to share my work.
You may contact me directly via my email address diane@dianeloomisquilts.com.