Natalie Carlton
  I have been addicted to quilting for 11 years and try to get anyone who crosses my path addicted. Having taught for 4 years, I look forward to every class. I enjoy hanging out with other fabric junkies and have met many talented local quilters with the same obsession. I have been involved in the Thimblebuddies Quilt Guild since it started in 1997. I have held the positions of Librarian, Block of the Month, Newsletter, Vice President, Ways of Means and Program (2 years). I also worked at a Quilt Shop for 2 ½ years and now run a Longarm Quilting Service, established in 2004. When I’m not quilting, I’m taking care of my wonderful family, while they put up with my addiction.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me. artinspired@hotmail.com

Carol Graves
  I have been sewing and quilting for nearly all my life learning at my grandmother’s knee.  I have made my own clothes as early as junior high and continued to sew for my daughter and even made her wedding dress and the dresses for the bridesmaids and flower girl.  I enjoy teaching others to sew and to quilt and to help them gain an appreciation for creating something beautiful, whether it is a garment or a quilt.  I enjoy most types of quilting and have taught classes in pieced quilts, fusible appliqué, and garment construction.  I have been married to my husband Lee for 18 years and between us we have 4 children and 10 grandchildren. 

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me. graves@msn.com

Kathy Rentz
  Back in ’96 a friend, Pat Foust, and I were at the college to sign up for a computer course and well, to make a long story short, we ended up in our first quilting class. What a ride it has been since. I always knew I would quilt one day since my grandmother was an avid quilter and I learned to admire and respect quilts at a young age. I thought I would be older when I would start to quilt but already there is not enough time to make all the quilts that are in my head. I’m glad I started when I did.

  I enjoy taking as many classes as I can and I have had the honor to take classes from many different teachers including several award winning national teachers. I want to know every technique out there and then share it. I enjoy designing my own quilts but also enjoy using a pattern, there are so many creative people out there. I also enjoy creating my own fabric by dying it, painting it, embroidery, foiling, crayons, beads, crystals, etc. etc. etc.

I have enjoyed teaching at a couple of quilt shops. I am a member of the American Quilter’s Society, a charter member of the Thimblebuddies Quilt Guild of the Treasure Coast and charter member of fibeArT a small surface design art quilt group.

  I hope to offer some fun classes where we can all learn from each other. My classes range from beginner to dedicated quilters passionate to learn more.

  I am a Florida native living in Palm City for the last 24 years. After living in the Caribbean for several years, my life, soul and quilts reflect its influence. And best of all, I get to share my passion with my daughter whom has recently caught the quilting bug.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me. kathy@kathyrentz.com

Michele Sanandajian

   One spring Saturday morning, I awoke with a vision; “I will make a quilt this weekend.” I proceeded to tell my husband. He reluctantly said, “OK, do you know how to quilt?” I responded, “No, but I had a dream about it last night, and I think I can do it!” By the end of the next day, the quilt was pieced, quilted, bound and embellished. My life has not been the same since.

   I somehow miraculously designed and created a dozen more large-scale quilts and quilted art pieces in the next two months, and then decided that I will take some classes to perfect my skills. Obviously, someone else was guiding me, because these pieces were just creating themselves! Twelve years later, I have my own freelance design company and get to play with fibers and art everyday.

   My professionally education is from Parsons School of Design, in NYC, NY. I receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a concentration in illustration and printmaking. I also graduated from the Art Institute of Fort. Lauderdale, Florida receiving  a second bachelor’s degree in graphic design.

   Working with yarns, threads and fabrics began when I was five or six. I would spend every weekend at my great grandmother’s side; for countless hours we would draw on fabric and then cover our designs with embroidery, and cruel work while sitting at the kitchen table. I never learned that she was a quilter until many years after she passed away and her daughter, my grandmother, gave me a few of her quilts.

   It is my passion to combine my fiver art with my fine art. I am always looking to expand and push the limits with fiber and textiles. I design my own patterns and rarely follow someone else’s patterns. I am always inspired by fiber artist’s ideas and techniques. I will experiment and try to incorporate them into my own work.

   I believe that everyone has the ability to create art and that no two artist’s work should ever look exactly the same. I have been teaching in the art field for twenty years. I believe that it is my job as a teacher to guide you on your won artistic adventure. It is always my pleasure and my honor to play with my students and my friends. I hope to offer some progressive classes with lots of fun techniques and ideas. It is my goal that we all have fun. After all, there are no mistakes!!