|
Teaching others how to machine quilt has been a passion of Dawn's since 1996. Dawn has experience as a machine quilting judge and has taught at Machine Quilter's Showcase, Machine Quilter's Exposition, Longarm University, MQ Innovations, Quilting on the Waterfront, L.A.C.E., Canadian Machine Quilters Showcase, Australasian Machine Quilting Conference, and several regional guilds.
At the 2009 Machine Quilters Exposition, Dawn was named "2008 Machine Quilting Teacher of the Year". This honor is much coveted by quilting teachers, since students must nominate their favorite teacher by writing essays that are reviewed by a select committee of quilting industry leaders.
Clients of Dawn's have had their joint projects displayed at the American Quilters Society show in Paducah as well as the show in Nashville and at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Many of the quilts she has completed for clients have won awards, including viewer's choice and best of show awards. Dawn's quilting has earned her the honor of "Best Machine Quilting" at the Iowa State Fair for the past three years. Her clients have also collected many ribbons at shows and fairs across the region.
Dawn lives in Ankeny, Iowa, with her husband, Mike, and children Marcus and Nicole. While she doesn't have much time to piece quilts any more, she still buys fabric with noble intentions. In a previous life, Dawn was a radio deejay and college recruiter before the quilting bug grabbed hold and didn't let go. |
