2009 Faculty - Debora Konchinsky

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050983638243608863.post-28232703530868200442008-06-12T10:33:00.000-07:002008-06-12T10:45:37.692-07:002009 Faculty - Debora KonchinskyDebora Konchinsky, Brienigsville, PA <a href="http://www.critterpat.com/">www.critterpat.com</a> Debora is a vendor at the show, Critter Pattern Works and will be teaching a class, "Get Over Your Fear of Machine Appliqué." More about Debora: Carolyn: How many years have you been quilting? Debora: I’ve been quilting since my son was 5 when I took a class in 1977. Everything was done by hand in the class. The following year we moved from Kansas to Ohio and I taught the class. My students didn’t have time to do things by hand, so I taught myself how to machine appliqué (before WonderUnder was invented) and then taught the class. Carolyn: What motivated you to start quilting? Debora: I couldn’t find any appliqué patterns I wanted to do. I have a BFA degree in Fabric Design and I didn’t want to make appliqués that had as much detail as a cookie cutter. Carolyn: Where have you traveled in your quilting teaching career? Debora: I’ve taught in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and England…places where they speak English. Carolyn: What is the most, unusual, frightening, funny, frustrating experience you have had in your quilting career? Debora: I was teaching a small group of people how to use fusible, so they could appliqué. The first person glued the appliqué to the pattern, not to the background. I held the example up for all to see. “Don’t do this.” They all did exactly what I told them not to do. It was Murphy’s Law in action. Carolyn: Does anyone else in your family quilt? Debora: No. My mother could mend. My maternal grandmother made clothes for my teddies. My paternal grandmother had quilts on the beds but I never saw her sew. Carolyn: What is your birth order? - Only child, first, second, third, or ?? Debora: I was the 2nd child of two. Carolyn: Where did you grow up? Debora: Philadelphia Carolyn: Do you have children – grandchildren? Debora: I have one son and seven grandcats. They scatter when I come over to visit. Carolyn: Do you have any pets? <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vI9jugivA9g/SFFfh_j0CKI/AAAAAAAAAFk/G916PJNZ14g/s1600-h/cali1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vI9jugivA9g/SFFfh_j0CKI/AAAAAAAAAFk/G916PJNZ14g/s320/cali1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211051281446340770" border="0" /></a> Debora: We have two cats right now. We’ve had as many as six cats at one time and two dogs, a Border Collie and Irish Setter. We adopted Cali (short for Calico, as in fabric and cat) in December 1999. Carolyn: What is your favorite food? Debora: Fried tomatoes with milk gravy and corn on the cob. Carolyn: What would be on your “bucket list” (like the movie) if you could do anything and money were no object? Debora: Figure out landscape design. Explore Peru (oh, to see the very old and complicated fabrics!). Win a Best in Show. Design and make some mosaics. (My father made 3-D mosaics. I have a pelican he made with a 2 litre soda bottle inside.) Carolyn: Do you have any other hobbies besides quilting? Debora: I love making necklaces with glass lamp work beads shaped like animals. I collect animal beads. It doesn’t take up much space and doesn’t cost a lot. It is fun.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15426749417591960434noreply@blogger.com