Kathy Kansier
310 Parsley Road
Ozark, Missouri
65721
417 725-6502
www.kathykansier.com
ozarkquiltmaker@aol.com
Background and Qualifications …
 | Born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin |
| University of Wisconsin, B.A. degree received in 1974 |
| Missionary to Mexico (1986 to 1993) |
| Married (husband – David), 7 grown children & 16 grandchildren |
| Currently lives in Ozark, Missouri (in SW Missouri between Springfield & Branson) & is building a quilting and rug hooking retreat center on their 13 acre property |
| Quiltmaker since 1974; other hobbies – rug hooking, basket making, hand embroidery & counted cross stitch |
| AQS Certified Appraiser of Quilted Textiles (experience in appraising antique, vintage and contemporary quilts, wearable art, linens, fabric collections and sewing rooms) |
| Quilt Show Judge (experience on the judging floors of regional and national quilt shows, both as a judge and as a volunteer) |
| Teacher at the Quilt Sampler Quilt Shop, Springfield, Missouri (1999 to present) |
| Travels and teaches nationally for guilds, shows and quilt shops |
| One of the nominees for The Professional Quilter Magazine’s “2001 Teacher of the Year Award” |
| Program Coordinator of her local guild - Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild in Springfield, Missouri (2000 – 2002), organized a 75 member appliqué group within the guild in 2004 |
| Member of the following quilt-related organizations: American Quilters Society & Museum (AQS) (MAQS), American Quilt Study Group (AQSG), As the Needle Turns (a local appliqué group), International Quilting Assoc. (IQA), International Machine Quilters Assoc. (IMQA), Missouri State Quilters Guild (MSQG), National Quilting Assoc. (NQA), Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild – Springfield, Missouri (OPQG), Southwest Missouri Longarm Quilters, Professional Assoc. of Appraisers – Quilted Textiles (PAAQT), Studio Art Quilters Assoc. (SAQA), Surface Design Association (SDA), The Appliqué Society (TAS), Uncommon Threads (a local art quilt group) |
| Author of frequent articles in quilt-related magazines under the heading Quilts Up Close; has self-published hand appliqué patterns; a booklet on Amish history and a booklet on quilt care (Protecting Tomorrow’s Treasures Today) |
| Areas of expertise: edge treatments on quilts, hand appliqué, crazy quilts, silk ribbon embroidery, Victorian purses, color & design, quilt history, Amish history and contemporary art quilts |