Capital Quilts Staff
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! |
| 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. |
| 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! |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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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