Our Instructors

STEVII GRAVES – Virginia

Stevii has been involved with quiltmaking since 1975 and has been a juror and judge for competitions throughout the U.S. She has been the judging coordinator for Road to California since 2002. Stevii is a past President of the California Heritage Quilt Project, has served as President of Quilt San Diego/Visions and on the boards of several quilt guilds.

BARBARA CLINE

Barbara is a international quilt designer; author and teacher who loves to share her techniques with others. Barbara started creating quilts in her teens. She has had over 37 years of experience in quilting and teaching classes. Her whole family has shared a passion and reverence for the tradition of quilt making through the generations. She has 5 books published by C&T Publishing.

JAN SMITH – North Carolina

Jan Smith is a sewing and quilting instructor from North Carolina. When she was ten years old, she started sewing with her mother and knew it would be a passion of hers for life. A graduate of Appalachian State University with a BS degree in clothing and textiles, Jan has worked as a buyer and merchandiser for retail clothing and fabric stores and operated her own business doing clothing design and custom nurseries.

Cheryl Lynch

Cheryl Lynch made her first quilt out of Marimekko fabric as an impoverished chemistry graduate student at M.I.T.. It took another 17 years for her to make a second one – and then she was hooked. It has been over 20 years now.

Rosa Rojas

Rosa was born November 24th, 1965 in Barcelona. Dedicated to Business Management for 25 years, quilting was her hobby, her passion for the appliqué led her to develop a new appliqué technique and design Apliquick tools.