Nancy Fuka
Nancy started sewing when she was a small child and has been quilting since about 1982. After taking that first quilting class, she just couldn’t stop taking more and more classes and making more and more quilts and quilt tops.
Nancy says she can’t pick a favorite quilt technique or quilting specialty because she loves them all! She is proud to be an NACQJ Certified Quilt Judge and approved instructor for the Introduction to Quilt Judging Seminar. She has judged local, regional, and international quilt shows. She also teaches and lectures on various quilting topics. She says that any day judging, quilting, or even just talking about quilts is “The Best Day Ever!”
After quilting for over 40 years, Nancy has accumulated a giant pile of scraps that she has named Mt. Scrapmore. Coincidentally, several years ago she embraced the art of scrap quilting, though it has yet to significantly decrease the size of Mt. Scrapmore.
She currently resides in New Mexico just outside of Santa Fe with her husband of 47 years and one very fluffy dog.
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Dawn Davis
Dawn has been quilting since the mid-1990s, but it was only after retirement in 2015 that she became serious and adventurous in her quilt-making (some might even call her obsessive; she prefers passionate). This is when she began taking classes and workshops, studying construction techniques and attempting to emulate anything new.
A hunger to learn more about quilting and needlework, combined with a desire to spend more time in the company of a like-minded community, led Dawn to the world of quilt judging.
She believes that quilters each have their own personal style and individual strengths, but it is the shared joy of stitching, as well as the frustrations that accompany it, that binds them together. Dawn believes that, as a quilt judge, she is in a position to encourage others while continuing to expand her own knowledge. She recognizes that quilters stitch their hearts into their work, making it a very personal endeavor. Dawn is honored and grateful to be allowed to admire their work up close as a judge, treating each work with respect.
Dawn is currently a Learner with The Quilters Guild of the British Isles, Quilt Judging Course. This is a two-year intensive course divided into six modules. It covers a diverse range of subjects, including art, design, construction techniques, jurying, and judging, with practical exercises throughout.
Dawn lives in the Willamette Valley in Oregon with her husband and her little dog ‘Doodle.’ When she is not in her studio cutting up fabric and sewing it back together, she enjoys traveling, thrifting, and, on occasion, exercising.