Category: Speakers’ Trunk Shows

Janet Carruth

Janet Carruth will give a fascinating talk on “The Life and Work of Emma Andres” a Prescott quilter.  Janet met Emma while visiting her Museum in Prescott and they became friends.

Janet opened The Quilted Apple Quilt Store with Laurene Sinema in Phoenix.  It was the first quilt store in Phoenix in 1978.

She was also one of the founders of the Arizona Quilters Guild and is the author of “Penny Rugs and More” and co-author of “Hooked on Hankies”.

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Maggie Ball

Maggie Ball is an internationally known traveling instructor, author and pattern designer born in England and currently residing in WA State on Bainbridge Island.


Maggie enjoys creating innovative designs from elements of traditional patterns.  She relishes the challenge of inventing new techniques to make complex looking quilts easy to piece and is known for her ability to inspire and teach quilters of all skill levels.

Her most recent innovation is a template-free method for making Kaleidoscope blocks.  She enjoys watching her students develop what she initiates and encourages them to audition multiple options for creating unique designs.


Maggie has been to Mongolia four times as a volunteer to teach low income and unemployed women and raised funds to purchase a permanent facility for the Mongolian Quilting Center in Ulaanbaatar.

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