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Capital Quilts Staff
Annette Burns
Nina Graves
Hilary Hastie
Joyce Hockman
Barbara Kascic
Kat Martinez
Debbie Mundy
Erika Osborn
Sara Pettit
Laurie Sieminski
Alison Zacharkiw
Annette Burns
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Worked – 13 years at Capital Quilts
Likes – Helping customers choose fabrics. Once we have selected the fabrics, I feel as though that’s one quilt I don’t have to make. It becomes part of my “virtual quilt collection.”
Teaches – Machine and hand appliqué, paper piecing, and quilts from patterns I have designed. I also teach The Complete Course by Machine which is a 10-session class beginning with fabric selection and rotary cutting and finishing with binding, labeling and care. Although originally designed for newbies, I get experienced quilters who want to strengthen their basic skills. Often attendees continue working together in small groups once the course has ended.
Quilting – For 28 years, teaching for 25 years
Quilts By – Machine and by hand
Started Quilting – With the birth of my daughter. Her baby quilt was brown and orange, so you know that was in the early ‘80’s. After her birth, I continued quilting to preserve my sanity!
Favorite Pattern/Style – At all times, I have a project going in many techniques and styles. So when I sit down to sew, I decide what I feel like doing and know that I have a project available to work on. In fact, I have so many in the works at this time that after deciding WHAT I feel like doing, I can then pick a color.
Quilt Thoughts – I am a process person, not a product person. I enjoy the process of making the quilt, each and every step. But when I’m finished, I don’t feel a lot of attachment to the quilt. And, NO, I don’t sleep with quilts on my bed. I don’t find them as comfortable as a fluffy comforter. (I think I hear the quilt police banging on the door.)
When I Go To Heaven – I have an up-to-date list of charities that need fabric and tools for quilting. Every once in awhile, I cull oldies from my stash and send them off. I would hate for my stash, which has given me so much comfort and enjoyment to be a burden to my family. We often get calls at Capital Quilts from loved ones looking for a good home for the dearly departed’s stash.
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| Nina Graves |
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Worked – 3+ years at Capital Quilts
Likes – Capital Quilts customers and friendly staff
Teaches – Moonlit Paths class
Quilting – Since age 7, off and on
Quilts By – Machine
Started Quilting – Because of my Mom and Grandmother
Favorite Pattern/Style – Curves and traditional blocks
Favorite Tool – Pfaff 2056, then the self-threading needle for burying threads
When I Go To Heaven – My stash will be used up!
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| Hilary Hastie |
 
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Venetian Tiles by Hilary Hastie
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Worked – 3+ years at Capital Quilts
Likes – Working with customers on choosing fabric and working with my friends on the staff
Teaches – Blooming Nine-Patch, Venetian Tiles and other quilts using the X-Block ruler, several baby quilts, other contemporary pieced quilts such as Mod Quads and Butterflies
Quilting – For 6 years; sewing since a teenager
Started Quilting -- When my first grandchild was on the way
Quilts By – By machine
Favorite Pattern/Style – A tie between the Blooming Nine-Patch and Venetian Tiles
Favorite Tool – ¼” foot for accurate piecing
When I Go To Heaven -- I asked my husband to invite my quilting friends over, give them a bottle of wine, and let them have fun in my sewing room.
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| Joyce Hockman |
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Worked – 10+ years at Capital Quilts
Likes – Everything!
Teaches – Adventures in Quiltmaking
Quilting – For 11 years
Quilts By – Machine
Started Quilting – To make my first real quilt block for a wedding quilt at my church
Favorite Pattern/Style – Round quilts, bargello, anything with lots of piecing
Favorite Tool – My Pfaff which is my creative partner
When I Go To Heaven – My sewing machine is going with me!
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| Barbara Kascic |
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Worked – 6+ months at Capital Quilts
Likes – Working with the fabrics and likes our customers
Teaches – Make Friends With Your Serger
Sewing – Since 7th grade
Sews By – Machine
Started Sewing – With the help of my Mother
Favorite Pattern/Style – Doesn’t have one yet
Favorite Tool – 6-inch ruler
When I Go To Heaven – My daughter will give my stash to friends
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| Kat Martinez |
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Worked – Several years at Capital Quilts
Likes – Helping Capital Quilts customers pick out fabric
Quilting – For 15 years
Quilts By – By hand for quilting. By machine for piecing.
Started Quilting – Because of a friend, who was working on a quilt. I admired it and said, “I wish I could make quilts.” She said, “You can! Here, find a pattern you like. And fabric you like.”
Favorite Tool – The Clover white marking pen. I use a lot of darker fabrics, and it’s the best marking tool that I’ve found. And, I LOVE that the marks iron off!
Family Quilters– Both my Stepmom and my sister started quilting after seeing my work. We spent a weekend putting together a Lucky Stars quilt in blue/green/purple batiks for my Dad. I am currently finishing a quilt top that my Stepmom made for my sister. Two of my aunts also quilt, and we talk about it when we see each other, via email, or on the phone, but have never quilted together. |
| Debbie Mundy |
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Worked – 7+ years at Capital Quilts
Likes – Working with our customers and seeing new fabrics come in
Teaches – Color class, Mystery class, various handwork classes
Quilting – For 8 years, sewing since the age of 12
Quilts By – Both machine and hand
Favorite Pattern/Style – Scrappy quilts
Favorite Tool – ¼” foot
Family Quilters Include – My Mom, my sister, and my children
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| Erika Osborn |
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Worked – At Capital Quilts since January 2006
Likes – The people I work with, meeting new people, and learning new things about quilting
Teaches – Snuggly Flannel and Tea Time in Bali (a Bali Pops quilt)
Sewing – Since a child and took my first quilting class 26 years ago. I’ve been quilting more seriously for the past 13 or so years.
Quilts By – Machine now but used to hand quilt
Started Quilting – When a woman at my church in New Jersey offered a quilting class and introduced me to quilting. I made a sampler quilt which I quilted by hand.
Favorite Pattern/Style – For traditional quilts, I like the Irish Chain and Log Cabin patterns. But I also like contemporary quilts. I am currently enjoying making baby quilts and Bali Pops quilts.
Favorite Tool – My Sew Steady table. I use it with my Pfaff 2027. It extends my work area when I am sewing.
Quilting Anecdotes – When I was making my Tea Time in Bali quilt, my husband decided that I was "cheating" when I was using the "Strip Tube Ruler." He hid it from me a couple of times.
Family Quilters Include – My sister.
When I Go To Heaven – I will leave my stash to anyone in my family who wants it.
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| Sara Pettit |
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Worked – 4+ months at Capital Quilts
Likes – Our customers and our fabrics
Sewing – Since the age of 11
Quilts By – Machine
Favorite Tool – My sewing machine
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| Laurie Sieminski |
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Worked – 10 years at Capital Quilts with a 3-year break while I lived in London
Likes – Helping our customers solve their quilting problems
Teaches – Hand piecing and hand quilting
Quilting – For 30 years, sewing for 55 years!
Quilts By – Both machine and hand
Started Quilting – To make baby quilts for my nieces and nephews; got serious and taught myself after the birth of my first child.
Favorite Pattern/Style – No real favorite, I like drafting and hand-piecing complex blocks. I make quilts large enough for bed and small ones for baby gifts and for the Linus Project.
Favorite Tool – 12-inch C-Thru plastic ruler for hand piecing seam allowances. Also the Clover needle threader.
Quilting Anecdotes – When my son was 5, he answered the phone saying, “Do you want to talk to my Dad, or is this a question about quilting?”
Family Quilters Include – My Mom, who I taught several years ago
When I Go To Heaven – My husband said my obit will read, “She took the Rocky Road to Kansas.” My friends will organize a big quilt show, at the conclusion of which, they can divvy up my stash.
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| Alison Zacharkiw |
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Worked – 4+ years at Capital Quilts
Likes – Working at Capital Quilts is like working in a rainbow. I’m surrounded by color, and the people here are the pot of gold.
Teaches – Tote and bags classes
Quilting – For 12 years. Sewing since forever.
Started Quilting – To make and donate a quilt to my daughter’s 5th grade class. The children designed it, and I sewed it. That was my first quilt, and I haven’t stopped since.
Quilts By – Machine and by hand
Favorite Tool – Dritz “Easy Turn.” It makes turning straps right side out soooo easy!
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