Cincinnati Original Creative Festival
Cincinnati, OH June 24 - 26, 2010
Debbie Wendt is a home economics teacher by profession. This midwest girl began quilting in 1986 after taking a Continuing Education class. Sewing has always been at the top of her list of what defines her. Growing up she was enthralled with her grandmothers and their abilities as seamstresses. When fitting clothes took the fun out of the sewing, she turned to quilting. It was a great way to collect fabric and continue using her sewing skills.
Her quilting passion grew when she moved to Egypt after the marriage to her prince charming, Bob Wendt. Learning more advanced quilting skills from dear friends, Chris and Leslie, she gained a foundation. They began a quilting group that was later named “Quilters in deNile”. A move to Monroe, LA broadened her knowledge with guidance and encouragement from the Tuesday Bee’s and the North Louisiana Quilters Guild. She and Bob moved back to Egypt where she was able to step right back into the quilting group she had started. With teaching quilting now her favorite pastime, her students included expats as well as Egyptians and Sudanese refugees living in Cairo. “Teaching the World to Quilt” was the article she wrote about teaching the refugees, published by AQS in the American Quilter Spring 2004.
A fortunate meeting in Barbara Chainey’s "Quilt It" class led to a friendship and an opportunity to make the quilt Accuracy Does Madder for Barbara’s book Fast Quilts from Fat Quarters. Debbie also longarm quilted many quilts for the book.
Now a resident of Massachusetts, Debbie continues in many quilting endeavors. She is an active member of Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild and Blackstone Valley Heritage Quilters Guild. She owns a Nolting 18” Longarm quilting machine and quilts for others. Her love of teaching quilting now includes the “machine” quilting world.
ORIGINAL CREATIVE FESTIVAL CLASSES:
Piecing Is The Cornerstone
Hands-on Workshop – Limit 20, 6 Hours, Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Instructor: Debbie Wendt, Wendt Quilting
A table runner of techniques. Explore how fabric choices and block placement can change the look of your piece. Become a confident quilter with trusted machine piecing techniques including four-patches, half-squares, quarter squares, and flying geese.
Bring to class: 6”x24” ruler, rotary cutter, 18”x24” mat, straight pins, instructions, pencil, notepad, camera (optional)
Kit fee $20 (Kit includes fabric for table runner, binding, backing, thread (E-mail Debbie at wendt2cairo@yahoo.com for fabric color options) The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $65
4,3,2,1 Done!
Hands-on Workshop, Limit 20, 3 Hours, Friday 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Instructor: Debbie Wendt, Wendt Quilting
Quick techniques for a quick quilt! Make a quilt top from beautiful batik fat quarters. Great for beginners and fun for quilters of any level.
Bring to class: 6”x24” ruler, rotary cutter, 18”x24” mat, straight pins, pencil and notepad.
Kit fee $25. Kit includes 8 batik fat quarters, thread, pattern. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Optional $22 finishing kit includes backing and binding
Class fee $35
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