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My name is Sue Cortese. I'm a quilter, fabric dyer, artist, long-arm quilter,
teacher, vendor and a quilt judge. I started quilting and dyeing fabric in 1995 while living in Green River, WY. My original quilting goal was to make a quilt in every style and pattern. This goal has lead me to experiment with various techniques and styles over the years. On my third or fourth quilt, I started going my own way and altering designs and patterns. I wanted my quilts to be unique. Thus, I began changing the colors, dyeing my own fabric, and using different borders and settings. I enjoy traditional quilts as well as art quilts, machine quilting as well as hand quilting, bright colors as well as toned… why limit yourself! I grew up in Buffalo, New York and attended State University of New York at Fredonia. After moving from Wyoming to West Michigan, I began working and teaching at a quilt shop. I took full advantage of nationally known teachers brought in every other month by the local quilt guild. I still live in West Michigan, where I long-arm quilt for others, teach out of my home studio, as well as judge, teach and lecture for quilt shows and guilds. My work has been recognized in local and regionals quilt shows, Quilt National, Form Not Function, Excellence in Fiber & Quilts, AQS Shows, Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, and Muskegon Museum of Art. I am currently a Regional Rep for SAQA and am a current member (past board member) of the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges . |
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Resume:Judging Experience:
Quilts Unlimited October 2025 Old Forge, NY Oscoda Quilt Guild September 2025 Oscoda, MI Omaha Quilt Guild July 2025 Omaha, NE Cal-Co Quilt Guild July 2025 Battle Creek, MI Patchers at the Lakeshore May 2025 Muskegon, MI Sauder Village April 2025 Archbold, OH Indiana Heritage March 2025 Bloomington, IN Arizona Quilters Guild January 205 Phoenix, AZ Road to California January 2024 Ontario, CA Mountain Quilt Fest June 2023 & 2024 Pigeon Forge, TN Mississippi Valley Sept 2022 Davenport, IA Narragansett Bay Quilters August 2022 Exeter, RI Little Traverse Bay Quilters June 2022 Charlevoix, MI Sauder Village Quilt Show May 2022-2023 Archbold, OH Piecemakers Quilt Guild March 2022 Saginaw, MI Virtual Quilt Show Sept 2020 Online Indiana Heritage Quilt Show March 2020 & 2023 Bloomington, IN Cal-Co Quilters Guild July 2019 & 2023 Battle Creek, MI PALS Quilt Guild May 2017-2019 Muskegon, MI WMQG May 2019 Grand Rapids, MI Saginaw Piecemakers Quilt Guild March 2019 Saginaw, MI Desert Quilters of Nevada March 2018 Las Vegas, NV Bey Heritage Quilters Guild March 2018 Bay City, MI North Star Quilt Guild October 2017 Grand Forks, ND Cal-Co July 2017 Battle Creek, MI Shipshewana Quilt Festival June 2017 Shipshewana, IN Minnesota Quilters Guild June 2016 & 2023 St. Paul, MN Arizona Quilters Guild March 2015 Mesa, AZ Lecture and Teaching Experience: SELC Fabrics LLC 2008-Current teacher/owner SAQA Skill Swaps 2024-2026 demonstrator Oxbow House/School of Art Summer 2024 &2025 teacher View Art Center/Quilts Unlimited October 2025 speaker/gallery talk Oscoda Quilt Guild September 2025 speaker Lighthouse Quilt Guild June 2025 speaker White Cloud Quilt Guild April 2025 speaker Indiana Heritage March 2025 teacher Patchers at the Lakeshore February 2025 speaker Sauder Village May 2024 teacher/featured artist Road to California January 2024 teacher Quilt National August 2023 teacher-virtual class NACQJ Conference 2024,2023, 2021, 2019 teacher/speaker West Michigan Quilt Guild Jan 2019 & 2020 teacher/speaker Shipshewana Quilt Festival June 2017 & 2018 schoolhouse instructor Muskegon Art Museum Sept 2016 speaker-gallery talk Minnesota Quilters Guild June 2016 & 2023 speaker and instructor Holland Area Art Council Jan 2014 speaker Solo Exhibition: Featured Artist Indiana Heritage Show March 2025 Featured Artist OxBow House, Saugatuck, MI March 2025 Featured Artist Sauder Village, OH May 2024 Solo Together Lowell Art Center Jan 2023 Invitational Exhibitions: Quilts Unlimited (as Juror) View Art Gallery, Old Forge, NY October 2025 Circular Abstractions Exhibition curated by Nancy Crow 2016-2018 Juried Exhibitions Fine Art Quilts Loewen Gallery, MI Jan 2026 SAQA Special Exhibition Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemp. Nov 2025 Quilts=Art=Quilts Schweinfurther Art Center, Auburn, NY October 2025 SAQA Color in Context: Blue European Patchwork Meeting, France Sept 2025 World Shibori Network Fdn New York Textile/Tavern on the Green Sept 2025 International Quilt Festival Houston, Texas Nov 2024 SAQA Regional Exhibition Drop of Emerald Poison: IN, OH, MI Jan 2024-26 Ohio +5 Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH January 2024 Quilt National Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH May 2023 Quilts Unlimited View Art Gallery, Old Forge, NY Sept 2023 Excellence in Quilts Fiber Art/Iowa Quilt Museum Sept 2022 AQS Grand Rapids Special Exhibit-WMQG Award Winners August 2022 Ohio +5 Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH January 2022 Quilt=Art=Quilts Schweinfurther Art Center October 2021 Regional Exhibition Muskegon Museum of Art Sept 2021 Quilts Unlimited View Art Gallery, Old Forge, NY Sept 2021 Form Not Function Carnegie Art & History Center May 2021 Metamorphosis SAQA Exhibition 2018-2020 Excellence in Fiber Online Gallery 2017 ArtPrize Grand Rapids, MI Sept 2015 Regional Exhibition Muskegon Museum of Art Sept 2015 American Quilt Society Paducah, Grand Rapids, Syracuse, Branson 2012, 2014, 2016,2019 Awards/Prizes: Quilts Unlimited Hand Quilting Award September 2023 WMQG Show Best of Show Spring 2022 Quilts Unlimited Best ADK Quilt September 2021 AQS-Paducah 2nd Place in Modern Category April 2014 Great Lakes/Great Quilt Challenge by Quilter’s Newsletter- 2nd Place 2002 Quilts on the Grand Best Hand Quilting, Best Machine Quilting Judge’s Choice, 1st- Honorable Mention 2000-2014 Michigan Quilt Network Best Machine Quilting, 1st &2nd place 2009 Publications: SAQA Journal, December 2025, Gallery juried by Marcia Young Color in Context: Blue, SAQA Global Catalog 2025 SAQA Journal, 2024/No. 4, Gallery Surface Design Journal, “Exposure”, Summer 2024 Drop of Emerald Poison, SAQA Regional Catalog, 2024 Quilt National Catalog, 2023, ISBN 978-0-9717158-6-8 AQS 2022 Grand Rapids Showbook, Special Exhibits Inspired by Archetypes, Jane Dunnewold, 2020, ISBN9798579739704 Metamorphosis, SAQA Global Exhibitions, 2018, ISBN9781732426016 Circular Abstraction, Nancy Crow, 2016, ISBN9780985297251 On Track Magazine, “Fresh Ideas”, Winter 2015 The Quilting Quarterly Magazine, “Western Certified Judges Conference”, Spring 2015 American Quilter Magazine, “Large Wall Quilts-Modern” July 2014 My Patchwork Magazine (Redazione, Rome, Italy), “Quilt Week Paducah”, Sept/Oct 2014 The Quilting Quarterly Magazine, “Certified Judges Program”, Fall 2014 The Quilting Quarterly Magazine, “Mad for Plaid”, Winter 2012 Experience Grand Rapids Website, June 2012, https://www.experiencegr.com/blog/post/ american-quilters-society-show-and-contest-grand-rapids-profile-sue-cortese/ Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, “Great Lakes Challenge”, March 2003 Other Related Experience: Studio Art Quilt Assoc. Regional Representative 2022-present NACQJ Certified Judge Coordinator 2023-2024 Non-voting member of Board 2016-2021 Certified Quilt Judge July 2014 West Michigan Quilt Guild Show Chairman 2016 Show Committee 2006-2016 Program Committee 2000-2003 & 2007-2012 |
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