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 around the country. 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 serving on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges. |
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Resume:Judging Experience:
Little Traverse Bay Quilters June 2022 & 2024 Charlevoix, MI Road to California January 2024 Ontario, CA Mountain Quilt Fest June 2023,2024 Pigeon Forge, TN Minnesota Quilters Guild June 2016 & 2023 St. Paul, MN Indiana Heritage Quilt Show March 2020 & 2023 Bloomington, IN Cal-Co Quilters Guild 2017/2019/2023 Battle Creek, MI Mississippi Valley Sept 2022 Davenport, IA Narragansett Bay Quilters August 2022 Exeter, RI Sauder Village Quilt Show May 2022 Archbold, OH Piecemakers Quilt Guild March 2022 Saginaw, MI Virtual Quilt Show Sept 2020 Online PALS Quilt Guild May 2018 &2019 Muskegon, 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 Shipshewana Quilt Festival June 2017 Shipshewana, IN PALS Quilt Guild May 2017 Muskegon, MI Arizona Quilters Guild March 2015 Mesa, AZ Lecture and Teaching Experience: SELC Fabrics LLC 2008-Current teacher/owner Sauder Village May 2024 teacher/speaker/featured artist Road to California January 2024 teacher Quilt National August 2023 teacher-virtual class NACQJ Conference 2023 & 2020 instructor/lecture Minnesota Quilters Guild June 2016 & 2023 speaker and instructor 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 Holland Area Art Council Jan 2014 speaker Awards and Exhibition: International Quilt Festival Houston, TX November 2024 Sauder Village-Featured Artist Archbold, OH May 2024 Ohio +5 Dairy Barn Arts Center 2022/2023/2024 Quilt National Dairy Barn, Athens, OH May 2023 Excellence in Quilts Fiber Art/Iowa Quilt Museum Sept 2022 Solo Together Lowell Art Center Jan 2023 Quilt=Art=Quilts Schweinfurther Art Center October 2021 Regional Exhibition Muskegon Museum of Art Sept 2021 & 2015 Quilts Unlimited View Art Gallery Sept 2021 &2023 Form Not Function Carnegie Art & History Center May 2021 Metamorphosis SAQA Exhibition curated David Hornung 2018-2020 Excellence in Fiber Online Gallery 2017 Circular Abstractions Exhibition curated by Nancy Crow 2016-2018 ArtPrize Grand Rapids, MI Sept 2015 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 of Show, Best Hand Quilting, 2000-2022 Best Machine Quilting, Judge’s Choice + Michigan Quilt Network Best Machine Quilting, 1st &2nd place 2009 Publications: SAQA Journal, Summer 2024 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 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-present 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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