The Latest Thread is a free online series from Gammill featuring educators Eva Birch, Sharon Blackmore, Karen Marchetti and Jodi Robinson.
The team highlight quilting techniques and questions, tools, hand-guided quilting inspiration and much more.
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Meet the Latest Thread Hosts
Eva Birch
Eva Birch has been quilting for the past 12 years and longarm quilting for the past decade. She has won several national awards for both her own quilts and customer quilts including a first place at Road to California in 2017. She has been teaching near her home in Ohio and nationally for several years. She is the co-author of “Applique for Modern Beginners” and her work can be seen in a number of quilting publications. In addition to quilting for others, Eva enjoys designing, making and quilting her own quilts. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren. Read more about Eva and see photos of her work by clicking here.
Sharon Blackmore
Sharon Blackmore is a Professional Long Arm Quilter, Published Author, Designer & Educator. She was born in Toronto, Ontario but resides in Airdrie, Alberta Canada with her husband Jason and their three children. She has been quilting for almost 20 years now, and began longarm quilting on a Gammill in her quilt shop for customers in 2008. Since then, she has been teaching piecing and longarm quilting across North American and on the world wide web. Her quilting style ranges from traditional to modern, from simple to complex, creating designs that flow with and compliment each quilt naturally. Read more about Sharon and see samples of her work by clicking here.
Karen Marchetti
Karen pieced her first quilt top in 2003. One scrap of fabric lead to another and two years later she purchased her first Gammill quilting machine and opened Creative Longarm Quilting – turning her hobby into a business. It didn’t take long for longarm quilting to become her true passion as she brought her artistic background to her work, developing her own unique style of custom quilting. Karen entered her first quilt show in 2006 and won Judge’s Choice. Since then, she has won numerous national awards for her personal quilts, as well as client quilts. Read more and see photos of Karen’s work by clicking here.
Jodi Robinson
Jodi Robinson has been a quilter for more than 20 years, and a professional longarm quilter for 19 years. She has been teaching at national shows across the country for the past 12 years, and has won numerous national awards for her machine quilting skills over the years. In addition to teaching, Jodi designs pantograph patterns, has self-published nine machine quilting design books, and provides professional longarm quilting services to her clients. Jodi’s books and classes focus on teaching easy methods to create beautiful, freehand machine quilting designs that will personalize, and make your quilting unique. Read more and see samples of Jodi’s work by clicking here.
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