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Alice Means
Haines City FL
Teacher ~ Designer
See Alice's quilts below
Alice Means is a "snowbird" who spends six months in CT and the
winter months in FL, where she lives on a golf course outside of Haines City.
She has been quilting since 1994 and has made over 200 quilts in all sizes and
styles. She is a traditional quilter who enjoys making quilts using Precise
Piecing, Accurate Appliqué, Creative Colors, Amazing Adaptations, and Exciting
Embellishments. She does appliqué and piecing both by hand and machine, and does
all of her own quilting on her home sewing and embroidery machines.
She has won numerous awards at quilt shows throughout New England and Florida,
and has been juried into the prestigious AQS shows, where she has won twice in
Nashville. Alice has also entered the Hoffman Challenge since 2000, and has won
1st place in 2009 in Mixed Techniques, Best Machine Workmanship in 2007 in
Pieced, a 3rd place in 2006 in Pieced, and two Curator's Choice awards in Mixed
Techniques and Pieced in 2003 and 2005.
Alice has had several of her quilts pictured in Quiltmaker magazine, American
Quilter magazine, and the AQS Quilt Art Engagement Calendar 2008 through 2011.
She has also exhibited at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, the Art Complex
Museum in Duxbury, MA, the Danforth Museum in Framingham, MA, the Mill Museum in
Willimantic, CT, and the Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts in Owensboro, KY.
Alice brings 40-50 quilts to show at her trunk show, which is like a mini-quilt
show, and she will answer questions and describe various techniques used in the
making of each quilt, including tips and shortcuts for quilters learned on her
quilting journey.
Alice teaches workshops on techniques such as couching and embellishments,
piping, and bobbin work. Classes include projects using folded-back patchwork,
tucks, and peek-a-boo borders.
She is a member of
SSQA,
AQS, IQA, the Greater Hartford and Clamshell Quilt Guilds in
CT, and the Cabin Fever and Winter Haven Guilds in FL. Between all the quilting,
teaching and guild meetings, she finds time to play golf a few times every week.
You may e-mail Alice at apmeans@aol.com.
Alice Means
2 Robyn Lane
Haines City, FL 33844
863-422-8090
email: apmeans@aol.com
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Lone Star of Africa
60" x 60"
machine pieced,
home machine quilted
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Scarlet Macaws
26" x 42"
hand appliqued,
dimensional leaves and flowers,
beading, bobbin work, couched,
home machine quilted
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Lotus Blossom
60" x 65"
machine pieced with stacked repeats, couched,
home and embroidery machine quilted
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Thirties Plus
53" x 68"
machine and hand buttonhole-stitch appliquéd, couched,
home machine quilted |
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Alice Means
2 Robyn Lane
Haines City, FL 33844
863-422-8090
email: apmeans@aol.com Return to Teacher Listing |
