Ball, Maggie
Maggie Ball
Bainbridge Island, WA USA
Email: Maggie Ball
Web Site: DragonflyQuilts.com
Quilting Since: 1986
Teaching Since: 1990
Teaches: Locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Offers: Lectures, full-day workshops, multiple-day workshops, retreats, and judging.
Specializes in: Original 16-piece Bargello block, variations on traditional patterns, accurate piecing techniques, design, Quilters without Borders Mongolian outreach, and teaching children to quilt.
Maggie Ball began quilting in 1986 and enjoys creating her own designs from elements of traditional patterns. Her award winning quilts have been exhibited locally and nationally. Teaching quilting is a natural extension of her passion and she finds it rewarding. She has taught quilting to adults throughout the US, in the UK, and Mongolia, and to more than 800 school children in local schools.
Maggie has published four books, all with Krause Publications. "Creative Quilting with Kids" and "Patchwork and Quilting with Kids" aim to encourage adults to pass on the quilting tradition to the next generation. "Traditional Quilts with a Twist" contains new patterns derived from the traditional Bear's Paw, Trip Around the World, and Ohio Star. Her latest book, "Bargello Quilts with a Twist" features quilts made from her original, easy to construct, 16-piece Bargello block.
Bainbridge Island, WA USA
Email: Maggie Ball
Web Site: DragonflyQuilts.com
Quilting Since: 1986
Teaching Since: 1990
Teaches: Locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Offers: Lectures, full-day workshops, multiple-day workshops, retreats, and judging.
Specializes in: Original 16-piece Bargello block, variations on traditional patterns, accurate piecing techniques, design, Quilters without Borders Mongolian outreach, and teaching children to quilt.
Maggie Ball began quilting in 1986 and enjoys creating her own designs from elements of traditional patterns. Her award winning quilts have been exhibited locally and nationally. Teaching quilting is a natural extension of her passion and she finds it rewarding. She has taught quilting to adults throughout the US, in the UK, and Mongolia, and to more than 800 school children in local schools.
Maggie has published four books, all with Krause Publications. "Creative Quilting with Kids" and "Patchwork and Quilting with Kids" aim to encourage adults to pass on the quilting tradition to the next generation. "Traditional Quilts with a Twist" contains new patterns derived from the traditional Bear's Paw, Trip Around the World, and Ohio Star. Her latest book, "Bargello Quilts with a Twist" features quilts made from her original, easy to construct, 16-piece Bargello block.
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