Round Robins

with Karen Stockwell

An award-winning artist, Karen has been making art for most of her life, but the love of color and texture became her passion and she turned to textile art, often using her own hand-dyed silks and cottons in her pieces.  

Her work has been in major national and international shows as well as being in corporate and private collections, books, magazines, calendar.  She teaches & lectures around the U.S., writes articles and designs patterns.  She has also been a guest artist on many cruise ships, teaching jewelry, quilting and making teddy bears, most notably as artist-in-residence on Crystal Serenity for almost 5 months.  Loving the travel, the colors and ethnic elements of places she’s visited have influenced her work.  Lately, her art alternates between realistic wall pieces—landscapes, people, animals—and colorful graphic contemporary pieces. 

A Michigan transplant who was in FL for 40 years, she now lives in the mountains of Western NC, an area rich in creativity and art, with her husband, Van, and Sheltie, Rocky.

Mosaic Quilt Making

With Heidi Proffetty

Heidi Proffetty is a nationally recognized mosaic art quilter, quilting and sewing educator, and content contributor for Janome Sewing Machines. Known for her distinctive mosaic quilting style, Heidi combines her own original digital artwork with innovative quilt-making techniques. She shares both digital and traditional mosaic quilt making techniques with fellow quilters through classes, publications, and online platforms.

Her unique artistry and teaching expertise have been featured in AQ Magazine, Quilting Arts Magazine, Patchwork Professional, as well as on Quilting Arts TV and The Quilt Show.

Heidi lives in Massachusetts and when she’s not designing or teaching, she enjoys spending time with her two daughters, flying with her husband, relaxing by the ocean, baking, and beekeeping.

To learn more, visit www.heidiproffetty.com or reach out via email at heidi@heidiproffetty.com. Follow Heidi for creative inspiration and educational content on Instagram and Facebook: @heidiproffetty.

Heidi’s Motto: “Creating works of art one tiny piece of fabric at a time.”