Kazakhstan Patchwork Association
Founded in 2013, the Kazakh Patchwork Association has over 180 members and is dedicated to promoting and developing ethnic-style patchwork (Kurak) and Art-Quilt. They organize workshops, competitions, and the annual Orient Bazaar festival. In recent years, their members have also been exhibiting more frequently worldwide.
Mattea Jurin
American-Italian, Mattea’s unique quilts have gained acclaim in juried global exhibits, including Quilt National ’25. Fearlessly blending upcycled fabrics, modern materials and unconventional techniques, she redefines storytelling and tradition.
Tania Tanti
Tania Tanti blends color and imagination in her abstract landscapes, using paint and stitched threads. Her work explores nature, texture, and her emotional journey, offering depth and personality while creating immersive experiences through art.
Ruth de Vos
Ruth de Vos stitches hundreds of hand-dyed fabric pieces into bold textile works, capturing the wonder of childhood. Inspired by nature’s design, each quilt is machine-pieced, often hand-dyed, screenprinted, and richly stitched. She is featured in exhibitions and private collections nationally and internationally.
Aotearoa Quilters
Aotearoa Quilters is the only quilting organisation in New Zealand that operates at a national level. The principal objective of Aotearoa Quilters is to promote the art and craft of patchwork and quilting within New Zealand.
Caroline Simm
Caroline lives in Western Australia, where she has been quilting for over two decades. Her award-winning quilts feature natural landscapes and portraits, using a range of techniques including mixed media, art quilting and collage.
Ozquilt Network
Ozquilt Network is an Australian organisation for art quilters and those interested in art quilts. Our purpose is to raise the profile and status of art quilters, art quilts and art quilt making.
Rachaeldaisy Dodd
Rachaeldaisy Dodd enjoys using fresh ways to interpret traditional designs to make colourful, happy quilts. Her use of YoYos, PrairiePoints, a mix of fabrics, cotton, linen, wool felt, vintage pieces, denim result in beautiful & unique textured work.
Shin-hee Chin
Born in Seoul, Shin-hee Chin earned her BFA/MFA from Hongik University and an MA in Fiber Arts from Cal State Long Beach.A Tabor College professor, her work explores identity, hybridity, and belonging through feminist traditions and spirituality.
Fabia Diniz
Fabia Diniz has been a free motion quilting teacher in Brazil for more than 15 years, and part of faculty at the Houston Quilt Festivals.
