Kathy Delaney

www.kathydelaney.com Kathy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art education from the University of Arizona and loves teaching quilt making techniques. She has been absorbing everything she can that is quilt related since she began in 1991. Kathy's "Emperial Garden" quilt won an Honorable Mention ribbon at the National Quilters Association quilt show in 1998. Her "Prairie Album" quilt won 1st Place at Quilter's Heritage Celebration in Lancaster, PA and 3rd Place at the Machine Quilters Showcase in 2001. Kathy's "Stars and Vines 2002" quilt won Honorable Mention at the American Quilter's Society show in Paducah, KY, 2003. Kathy is represented on the cover as well as the interior of both Traditional Quiltworks Magazine, issue #73, and Quilting Today, issue #89 and #95, and is published in Quilters Newsletter Magazine, October issue, 2004. Kathy has a quilt featured on the cover and inside Barbara Brackman's book, PRAIRIE FLOWERS, Kansas City Star Books, 2001, in the 2003 AQS date book and in Barbara's WOMEN OF DESIGN, Kansas City Star Books, 2004 . Kathy's own book, HEARTS AND FLOWERS-Applique from Start to Finish, an in-depth look at how to do needleturn applique, was published by Kansas City Star Books in April 2002. Her second book, A HEARTLAND ALBUM - More Techniques in Hand Applique, was published by Kansas City Star Books in March 2003. THE BASICS - An Easy Guide to Beginning Quiltmaking was published in June 2004 and HORN OF PLENTY FOR A NEW CENTURY in October, 2004, both from Kansas City Star Books. Her fifth book is PATTERNS OF HISTORY - The Challenge Winners, published in October 2005. Her 6th book is BEYOND THE BASICS - A Potpourri of Quiltmaking Techniques, published in October of 2007. Kathy's 7th book is POTS DE FLEURS - A Garden of Applique Techniques, published in February of 2009. Kathy was a featured teacher at the American Quilters Society Quilt Show in April 2003 and at the AQS show in Nashville 2006 and then again in Knoxville in 2010 . Kathy designs patterns for piecing and applique under the name of Fabric Crayon Designs. Watch for Kathy on Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson on HGTV (first airing fall 2003 - Segment #916).