About Sandy












Sandy Bonsib
Fax: 425-644-1392
E-mail: sjb@sandybonsib.com

Sandy Bonsib is a teacher by profession, and a quilter by passion. She has a graduate degree in education and is the author of eight books: Folk Art Quilts: A Fresh Look; Quilting Your Memories: Inspiration for Designing with Image Transfers; Quilting More Memories: Creating Projects with Image Transfers; Flannel Quilts; Americana Quilts, Tried and True: New Quilts from Favorite Blocks all published by Martingale & Company; Memory Quilts from Creative Publishing International; and Sweet Treats:12 Delectable Quilts from 2 Easy Blocks from C&T Publishing. She has also had quilts published in numerous magazines. She has appeared on Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel and Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson and was one of six featured artists on "Quilts of the Northwest, 1998."

Sandy coordinates Quilts for the Children, a group that makes quilts for the children of battered women. For the past ten years, she has also been a mentor for high school seniors working on their senior projects in quiltmaking.

Sandy lives on a small farm on Cougar mountain in Issaquah, Washington, with her family and many animals. She also raises puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Sandy’s philosophy about quilting is as important as the skills she teaches. Her goal in her workshops is for students to enjoy the process of making a quilt as much as they expect to enjoy the product. As a professionally trained teacher, she empowers her students by pointing out their successes and building on them. As a passionate quilter, she brings joy, energy, and enthusiasm to every workshop she teaches. She truly feels the quiltmaking should be fun.

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Education:
	M.A. in Education, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1977
	B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1971
Teaching Experience:
1993 - Present:	In The Beginning Fabrics, Seattle, Washington
1998 - Present:	I teach nationally and internationally for numerous guilds, quilt shops and conferences.

Publications:	Books:
July, 1998:	Folk Art Quilts: A Fresh Look, Martingale & Co. (That Patchwork Place).
January, 1999:	Quilting Your Memories: Inspirations for Designing with Image Transfers, Martingale & Co. (That Patchwork Place).
February, 2001:	Quilting More Memories: Creating Projects with Image Transfers, Martingale & Co. (That Patchwork Place).
August, 2001:	Flannel Quilts, Martingale & Co. (That Patchwork Place).
February, 2003: To Be Published:	Americana Quilts, Martingale & Co. (That Patchwork Place).
October, 2004:	Memory Quilts, Creative Publishing International.
April, 2005:	Tried and True: New Quilts from Favorite Blocks, Martingale & Co. (That Patchwork Place).
July, 2007:	Sweet Treats: 12 Delectable Quilts from 2 Easy Blocks, C&T Publishing.
Publications:	Magazines:
	Quilts and related articles have been published in "American Patchwork and Quilting", "Quilting Today", and "Quick Quilts" magazines. My quilt, "Something to Crow About", was on the front cover of "American Patchwork and Quilting", April, 2000 issue.
TV Shows:
1998	"Quilts of the Northwest", KCTS 9, one of six featured guests.
1999	Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel.
1999, 2000, and 2001	Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson.
Honors:
February,2002	Nominated, Teacher of the Year, Professional Quilter Magazine.
Awards:
August,1998	"Lopsided Logs", first place award at the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters Show, a juried regional (including northwestern states) quilt show.
	This quilt was displayed at the Benton County (Oregon) Historical Museum as part of their annual juried and invitational quilt exhibition, August - October, 1999.
Business:
1997 - Present	Co-founder of Patchwork Northwest, LLC, marketing products for quilters, including photo transfer paper.
2003 - Present	Co-founder of Bonsib and Bickley Publications, publishers of Folk Art Quilts: A Fresh Look.
Volunteer:
1998 - Present	Founder and coordinator of "Quilts for the Children", a group that makes quilts for the children of battered women. To date, these wonderful women have donated over 1,800 quilts to New Beginnings, a shelter for battered women, in Seattle, WA.
1997 - Present	Mentor for students working on their senior projects in quilting.
1999 - 2000	Co-vice president of Quilters Anonymous Quilt Guild, Seattle, WA.
Personal:
	I have been a quilter since the early 1970's and am a professionally trained teacher, having been a special education teacher before my children were born. I live in Issaquah, Washington, with my husband, two teenagers, and many animals. I am a puppy raiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

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