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Catherine
Timmons
Hello! Thank you for
spending time at my website. For
the past 25 years, my love of quiltmaking and teaching have enabled me
to travel, meet new people and see old friends. I made my
first quilt, as many women do, for one of my babies.
I'd been sewing clothing since I was seven years old, but this was
challenging. We were living in a tiny farming town in Germany
at
the time. I had one quilting magazine and TERRIBLE fabric. I
talked a friend into trying it with me. We thought the "Thousand
Pyramids" quilt looked good, so we made cardboard templates of those
pointy triangles and then cut around them with the amazing little
rotary cutter - no rulers or gridded mats back then! - and of
course the cutter just chewed up the templates until they were useless.
We did get a couple of rows of triangles sewn together, but then the
rows wouldn't match up, and we dumped it in a box and re-started with
easier patchwork patterns. I graciously permitted my friend to keep
that project, and I believe she unloaded the whole mess on an
unsuspecting neighbor years later.
When my family and I moved back to
the United States, I became involved with the Missouri Extension
Homemakers Club near our home at Whiteman Air Force Base. There was a
great interest in quilting in that group, and we organized a quilt
guild. My involvement with the county extension office led to the 4H
clubs, where I taught sewing and quiltmaking classes for
children. Several years
later, we moved to the beautiful mountains north of Spokane, and there
I started teaching quiltmaking classes to adults. The first few classes
were learning experiences for all of us. The ladies were very patient
and kind. Many of them still come for classes when I return to
Washington for quilt classes every year. My
husband and I both grew up in the Midwest, so we were glad to
eventually return and be closer to our extended families. We live in
Southeast Wisconsin now, and I teach small groups locally and travel to
teach quiltmaking classes across the United States. I especially
delight in my "Women of the Family" quilting bees for brides and new
mothers, quilting retreats and other ministry opportunities.
I also write fiction under the alias
pen name Cathe Swanson. That good old Swedish name reflects my
childhood heritage and family traditions, which are common themes in
the stories I like to write. Find me and my books at Cathe Swanson.
If
you have any questions about this website and its contents, or if you
are interested in having me teach classes or lead an event, please
don't hesitate to contact me. The easiest way to reach me is to send an
e-mail to cathe@gloryquilts.com
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Instructor
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Demonstrated quiltmaking
for Missouri Extension Homemakers Association state conference,
Jefferson City, MO, 1991, which I attended as an MEHA Young Homemaker
of the Year.
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Instructed children in
quiltmaking for 4H, Knob Noster, MO 1990 - 1991.
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Lectured for Chewelah
Christian Women's Club, Chewelah, WA 1993 and 1994.
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Instructor at Akers
United Drug, Chewelah, WA, from 1992 - 1995.
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Independent instructor
in Watersmeet, MI, 1995.
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Instructor for
Heartstrings Quilts and Fabrics, Eagle River, WI, 1995 - 1999.
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Instructor for quilt
workshops for Big Sand Lake Resort, Eagle River, WI, 1998 and 1999.
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Independent instructor
in Land O'Lakes, WI, 1996 - 2000.
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Guest instructor for the
Tomahawk Area Quilt Guild's quilters' weekend, at the University of WI
Treehaven, 1999.
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Taught weekend quilt
retreats at Wheaton College's Honey Rock Camp, Three Lakes, WI, 2000,
2001, and 2003.
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Instructed at ten
two-week Quilt Holidays (15 - 20 classes per visit) at Akers United
Drug, in Chewelah, WA since 1997.
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Instructor for a sewing
and quiltmaking class for high school girls, Racine Area Homeschoolers,
Racine, WI, 2001 - 2003.
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Instructor at MJ
Quiltworks, Burlington, WI, 2001-2005.
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Taught Quilt Weekends in
LaBelle, FL and Ridgecrest, CA, fall of 2002.
- Taught a "Quilt 'til You
Wilt" retreat for the Southport Quilt Guild in SE Wisconsin, 2005
- Currently teaching
occasional workshops and classes in SE Wisconsin
Exhibitor
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Exhibited in Art
Impressions, Land O'Lakes, WI, 1996 - 1999. (Honorable
Mention Award 1996 and Sponsor Purchase Award 1997)
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Exhibited in Artarama,
Eagle River, WI, 1999. (Honorable Mention Award)
- Valley Community Fair, WA
1996, 1st Place Ribbon for Original Pieced Coat
- Vilas County Fair, WI
1998, 1st Place Ribbons for Rose
of Sharon hand appliqué and hand quilted pillow and Quilted Jacket
Organizations
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Co-organized Whiteman
Area Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Knob Noster, MO, 1989.
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Contributed to the
organization of Colville Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Colville, WA, 1993.
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Co-organized Cabin Fever
Quilters, South Stevens County, WA, 1994.
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Co-organized the Sew
What Club, Land O'Lakes, WI, 1999.
- Co-organized the
Chocolate City Quilt Guild, Burlington, WI, 2002
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