Elizabeth Spannring 
Teaching and Judging Resume

EDUCATION

  • Currently Enrolled in the National Quilting Association’s Judging Certification Program
  • Attended NQA Two Day Introduction to Judging, Columbus OH
  • August 2002 - Completed course on Judging Quilts and Wearable Arts sponsored by the Northern California Quilt Council, Bastyr University, Bothell, WA
  • August 2002 - completed Continuing Education program on Judging Innovative Quilts & Wearables, Pacific NW Quiltfest, Seattle, WA

JUDGING EXPERIENCE

2006  
Aide National Quilt Association Show, Columbus, OH
Aide Umpqua Valley Quilt Show, Roseburg, OR
Aide Clark County Quilters Show, Vancouver, WA
   
2005
Judge Columbia River Gorge Quilt Show, Stevenson, WA
Judge Northwest Quilting Expo
Judge Boise Basin Quilters, Boise ID
Aide Cowlitz County Fair, Kelso, WA
Judge Puyallup Valley Quilters, Puyallup, WA
Judge Sandy Historical Society Quilt Show, Sandy, OR 
Aide Clark County Quilters Show, Vancouver, WA
2004
Judge Boise Basin Quilter's Quilt Show – Boise, ID
Judge Columbia River Gorge Quilt Show – Stevenson, WA
2003
Judge Northwest Quilting Expo – Portland, OR 
Judge Milwaukee Center Quilt Show – Milwaukee, OR
2002
Judge Northwest Quilting Expo – Portland, OR

MAJOR AWARDS RECEIVED

2006
  • 1st Place Scrap Quilts, Bed - NQA Show, Columbus, OH
  • 1st Place Wholecloth - Machine Quilters  Exposition, Manchester, NH
  • 1st Place Custom - Machine Quilters  Exposition, Manchester, NH

2005

  • Best Of Contest - My Favorite Traditional Quilt, AQS Expo, Nashville, TN 
  • Road To California, Ontario, CA -1st Place Traditional Applique, Large

2004

  • International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - 2nd Place Merit Quilting, Machine
  • A Quilter’s Gathering, Nashua, NH - H.M. Quilting Excellence, Machine
  • A Quilter’s Gathering, Nashua, NH - 2nd Place Quilting Excellence, Machine
  • NW Quilting Expo, Portland, OR - 1st Place Large Quilts
  • NW Quilting Expo, Portland, OR - 2nd Place Large Quilts
  • Great Pacific NW Quiltfest, Seattle, WA - 3rd Place Traditional Mixed

2003

  • 2003 Pacific International Quilt Fest, Santa Clara, CA - 3rd Place Traditional Quilts
  • Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA - 3rd Place Traditional Quilts

2002

  • International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - 3rd Place Merit Quilting, Machine
  • Pacific International Quilt Fest, Santa Clara, CA - Best Use of Colour, Traditional
  • Great Pacific NW Quiltfest, Seattle, WA - 1st Place Traditional Pieced
  • Great Pacific NW Quiltfest, Seattle, WA - 3rd Place Traditional Mixed 

2001

  • International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - 1st Place Merit Quilting, Machine
  • Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA - 2nd Place Wall Quilts
  • Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA - 2nd Place Traditional Mixed
  • Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA - Honorable Mention, Traditional

2000

  • Pacific International Quilt Fest, San Jose, CA - Honorable Mention, Traditional
  • Great Pacific NW Quiltfest, Seattle, WA - Best Of Show

1998

  • Great Pacific NW Quiltfest, Seattle, WA - 1st Place Traditional

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  • National Quilting Association
  • Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters
  • American Quilter’s Society
  • Washington State Internet Quilters 
  • International Quilter’s Association
  • Ladies of the Lake Guild, Longview, WA
  • Clark County Quilter’s, Vancouver, WA

EXHIBIT PARTICIPANT

2006
Great Pacific NW Quilt Fest, Seattle WA
AQS Show, Paducah, KY
2005
Wish You Were Here – APNQ Traveling Exhibit
2004
Telling Secrets – APNQ Traveling Exhibit
In The American Tradition II, Patchwork & Quilt Expo IX, The Hague, The Netherlands
In The American Tradition II, International Quilt Market-Spring, Pittsburgh, PA
2003
In The American Tradition II, International Quilt Market, Houston, TX
Telling Secrets – APNQ Traveling Exhibit
2002
Quilt Expo, Barcelona, Spain
Basic Necessities - APNQ Traveling Exhibit
2001
Basic Necessities – APNQ Traveling Exhibit
Smithsonian America’s Garden Legacy, Museum of the Oregon Territory, Oregon City, OR
1999
What A Relief" Textured Surfaces On Quilts Exhibit, San Jose Museum Of Quilts and Textiles

CURATING
 2004
Coordinator for Washington State - "Quilts of the Pacific Rim", Pan Pacific Quilt Show Honolulu, HI

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
2005 Block Party Quilters, Sammamish, WA
2004 Instructor at Empty Spools, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA 
2003 Instructor, Evergreen Piecemakers Spring Break, Renton, WA
2002 Beginning Machine Quilting - Scappose, OR 

References available upon request.

 

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