Cindy is an inspiring and innovative author, teacher, lecturer, TV personality and fabric designer. You'll recognize her as the hostess of the PBS TV show Quilt Central and also as a regular hostess for www.Quilterstv.com, public TV for quilters on the web. She regularly teaches quilting at the large shows in the USA such as AQS and IQA, and around the world including Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, France and Germany. Her articles and quilts have appeared in many magazines including McCall's Quilting, Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting, Patchwork magazine of Germany, Magic Patch in France, Quilting Today, and Traditional Quilts.  She is best known as the author of the PRIMEDIA award winning book Snippet Sensations, and has authored 8 additional books, Fine Hand Quilting, Attic Windows, More Snippet Sensations, Snippet Flower Bouquet, Snippet Christmas Celebrations, Basic Appliqué with 1930 Patterns, Basic Guide to Dyeing & Painting Fabric, and Contemporary Quilting.Visit her website at: www.CindyWalter.com

Karen is an internationally known quilter, teacher, author and designer who has been nominated by students for Quilt Teacher of the Year in 1995, 2000 & 2005. Teaching since 1989, she is in high demand as a teacher who encourages her students, makes learning fun and makes the complex easy to understand! Karen is fascinated with optical illusions and quilts; this is the subject of many of her workshops. She is the author of 6 books, among them, Optical Illusions for Quilters and Combing Through Your Scraps. Her newest book is Celtic Patchwork Illusions published Fall 2006. She began designing fabrics with Blank Quilting in 2002 and is known for her innovative fabric designs. In 2009, Karen formed a new partnership with Avlyn, Inc. Her fabrics can be seen at www.avlyn.com. Karen lives in the rolling hills of middle Tennessee with her husband, Rick and a cute Shih Tzu named Cocoa. Visit her website at: www.karencombs.com

Christine teaches and lectures throughout Britain and the US where she is also a quilt show judge and she has won awards for her quilts in both locales.  She has been the co-editor of Patchwork & Quilting magazine, which is Britain’s first and leading quilting magazine.  In this role, she wrote many articles and did the book and new product reviews.  Christine was the founder of the Cabot Quilting Conferences held throughout the UK that brought top American and other international quilters to the UK, enabling British quilters to learn from some of the best in the world.  Her first book Quilt Designs from Decorative Floor Tiles, was released in 2003 followed by her second book, Tessellation Quilts  in May 2006. Her quilts have been featured in books by Joen Wolfrom and she also designs patterns for Joen’s company, JWD Publishing.  Christine has also been a guest on Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson and has recently made two DVDs, Let’s Get Started and   From Fabric to Quilt – an Inspirational Journey. Visit her website at: www.christineporterquilts.com