Ocean Waves Quilting Company
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Credentials & Activities
                                                                                
Skills and Education


NACQJ Certified Judge, qualified to judge Masterpiece Quilts, 2011
National Quilting Association Certified Quilt Judge, 2008
Award winning Long Arm Quilter; Long-arming since 1999, quilting since 1985, sewing since 1963.
Graduate (MLIS -1990) degree in Library and Information Science from The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Twelve years as an Elementary School Library Media Specialist, Preschool - Grade 4 in Narragansett, RI
Undergraduate (BS -1973) and graduate degrees (MS -1977) in Home Economics Education with Textile concentration from The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Seventeen years as a Home Economics Teacher of Textiles, International Foods, and Consumer Education to students of Grade 2 through adult in Narragansett, Rhode Island.


Creator and Presenter of PowerPoint Presentations/Lectures
        
          You be the Judge ~ The Judging Process
          Get that EQ off the Shelf! ~ EQ7 Computer Quilt Design
          Color that Quilt! ~ Selecting Colors for your quilts

          Quilting by Check  ~ Longarm Quilting

                                                                                  
                                                           Quilt Judging Experience

This information can be found on the "Schedule" page as all past years of judging events have been maintained there.

                                                Quilt Guild and Related Positions Held

Webmaster, National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, 2015-present
President, National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, 2015-2016
Candidate Coordinator, National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, 2015-16
Certified Judge Coordinator, National Quilting Association, Columbus, OH, 2012-15
Candidate Coordinator, National Quilting Association, Columbus, OH, 2012-2015

Judging Chair - Ninigret Quilters, Westerly, RI
Judging Chair - Narragansett Bay Quilters, East Greenwich, RI
Program Co-Chair – Narragansett Bay Quilters, 2008-09, East Greenwich, RI
President – Narragansett Bay Quilters, 2007-2008, East Greenwich, RI
Program Co-Chair - Narragansett Bay Quilters, 2006-7, East Greenwich, RI
President - Narragansett Bay Quilters, 2004-2006, East Greenwich, RI
President, Rhode Island Home Economics Association, 1988-1990.

Quilt Organization Memberships

American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY
Narragansett Bay Quilters Association, East Greenwich, RI
National Association of Certified Quilt Judges

New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Ninigret Quilters, Westerly, RI
    
Additional Activities


Guild Demonstrator – Binding, Judging,  Machine Appliqué, Piecelique

My Published Quilt Patterns

Trip Around the World

Arms Akimbo
Easy Peasy Circles
Geese in the Cabin

Goose Trails
Scrappy Medallion
Scrappy Star
Scrappy Thick Sash

Scrappy Zigzag
Shades of Grey
Spot On

To the right...
Twist & Shout   

 
Many patterns available as a digital pdf. download at my Etsy Shop.

        
Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks from Today's Top Designers

     
 Volume 3, Summer 2011

 Volume 6, Winter 2012
 Volume 7, Summer 2013


For Quilting Treasures - these patterns are available as a free pdf. download on my Quilting page.

Farm Fresh
Goodnight Bunny
Goodnight Moon

House Mouse
Jemima Puddleduck
Kate's Garden
Loralie's Christmas Fairy
Loralie's Still
Lucy's Crowd

Rainbow Garden
Saggy Baggy Elephant
Santa's Workshop ~ Jim Shore
Scrabble

          
For Fons & Porter: Baby Quilts Issue ~ 
Saggy Baggy Elephant
For Fons & Porter: Scrappy Quilts ~ Scrappy Star

 

 



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  • Welcome!
    • What's New!!!
    • Quiltfolk Images
    • Schedule
    • Credentials & Activities
  • NACQJ 2 - Day Judging Seminar
  • Quilting
    • Quilting >
      • Pat's Gallery
      • Customer Gallery
      • Pat's Patterns
      • Free Patterns - Quilting Treasures
  • Binding
  • Judging
  • Lectures
  • Workshops
  • Bob's Featherweights
    • Featherweight Workshop
    • Workshop Schedule