Welcome to the website of Heirloom Quilting Designs, founded by Joanie Zeier Poole, an award-winning quilt maker, teacher, graphic designer and author. If you share a passion for machine quilting, you have come to the right place!
This website introduces this inspiring entrepreneur and tells the story of how she built this career. Using Heirloom Machine Quilting techniques on a regular sewing machine, Joanie has created quilts (in the Gallery) that are receiving awards at national competitions. Learn about her Workshops and Lectures, and read a review of her Books. View her elegant designs for quilting, appliqué and embroidery displayed throughout this website and on the Products page. In addition, find information about shows, what’s new in the quilting world, as well as Tips and Tricks for machine quilting. So, bookmark this page and return often for updates on where you can meet Joanie, and see her quilts.
Book News!
My newest book, Joanie’s Quilting Elements - Seven Simple Steps to Navigate and Stitch is available. It is a companion to Joanie’s Design Elements and is packed with beneficial information for understanding everything you need to know BEFORE you sit down to machine quilt. Read all the details on the Books page.
Joanie Traveled to La Veta, Colorado to record a segment on THE QUILT SHOW with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson. Her episode will air on October, 26, 2009. To sign up for the internet TV Show go to www.thequiltshow.com.
Quilts on the go
Fais de Beaux rêves will be in the Best of Show Exhibit at Road to California Show in January and To Have and To Hold will be in the exhibit of Contemporary Broidery Perse at the National Quilt Museum, Paducah Kentucky from November 19 through February 15, 2010. Embroidered Elegance II is in the Computer Aided Machine Embroidery category at IQA Show in Houston.
New Patterns, Classes & Quilts
Joanie added two new quilting designs collections, The Acanthus Collection and The Bunny Hutch and Little Quackers Too! to the offerings on the products page. Check out the two new classes Joanie has developed, Background Bonanza and The Secret Voice Hidden in your Fabric. Both are full-day hands-on workshops and include the essentials for free-motion quilting. Springtime Duet, First of Many is the first collaboration between Joanie and Pam Levenhagen who hand painted fabric that Joanie quilted.
Mill house Quilts
Waunakee, WI
February 18 and 19, 2010
www.millhousequilts.com
Prairie Heritage Quilt Show
Sun Prairie, WI
March 14 - 16, 2010
WI Quilt Expo
Madison, WI
Sept 9 - 11, 2010
www.wpt.org/quiltexpo
Events Open to Public
Road to California Show
Ontario, CA
January 14 - 18, 2010
www.road2ca.com
Fox Valley Tech
Oshkosh, WI
March 19 - 20, 2010
The Fabric Corner
Brookfield, WI
March 24, 2010
Prairie Shop Quilts
Batavia, IL
To be Announced
www.prairieshopquilts.com
Harriet's Treadle Arts
Denver, CO
To Be Announced
Quiltique Quilt Shop
Henderson, NV
November 18 - 20, 2010
www.quiltique.com
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