Linda Schmidt Featured Artist

Linda Schmidt, textile artist, quilter and designer, comes from a long line of quilting women. She started her first quilt when she was eight years old and has made hundreds of quilts since. Linda has won over 250 ribbons from local, national and international quilting exhibitions. She teaches quilting nationally and internationally, does trunk shows with both quilts and garments, is secretary for the City of Dublin, was a member of the Alameda County Art Commission for six years and Chairman of it for two years. Lind is an active member of Amador Valley Quilters, IQA, AQS and NQA and was a founding member of the Network for Wearable Art. Linda sums her interest in quilting as follows: "Bottom line, there is nothing I like better than talking to people about quilting, unless it is making quilts and wearable art myself. I have an eclectic taste in quilts and quilters, an insatiably inquiring mind and a sincere desire to help others learn what they need to know in order to do what needs to be done."

The 2012 Pajaro Valley Quilt Show is honored and privileged to have multi-talented Linda Schmidt as our Featured Artist and Speaker. Her work will be displayed in a special exhibit, and she will give an illustrated, one-hour lecture on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.