Bio
Michele Scott is an award-winning quilt artist who specializes in teaching, lecturing, designing, and one-of-a-kind hand painted fabrics. Keep an eye out August 2008 for Michele's new line of fabrics, Nature's Palette, from Lyndhurst Studios, a division of Northcott Silk, that feature those painted fabrics!  Nominated as one of Professional Quilter's 2002 Teacher of the Year, you can find her original designs in McCall’s Quilting or Quick Quilts magazines regularly.  She began quiltmaking in 1994, and knew then that she had found her calling in textiles and color!  She specializes in machine work and embellishments, but Michele’s high energy can be found in her variety of classes that range from “Machine Quilting 1.5” to “Painting Landscapes and Much Much More”. Her goal is to conduct positive upbeat classes that teach sound techniques and give all levels of quilters new confidence. She teaches and lectures locally and nationally for quilt guilds and shows.  She is an also a faculty member of Quilt University, the online quilting community . Her array of award winning Landscape and Art Quilts can be found at a variety of shows across the country.

Artist's Statement
One of my greatest difficulties has been writing an Artist's Statement.  I can't put into words how I  feel about my work - art is the expression of my spirit.  How do explain the excitement I feel when I see all of the beautiful colors of a seascape and the threads and paints that I use to translate those colors onto fiber?  I don't know how to describe what does to me.  The closest I can come is to say that I feel that I am transported to a different time and space when arranging those colors into something new.  In an Artist's Statement, you tell why you are doing it.  I think to myself, "Why do I do this?"  I have no idea.  I just have to - it's instinct.  It's the beauty of everything around me that drives me to create.  Lucius Annaeus Senneca said, "All art is but an imitation of nature."  What is created gives me the ultimate happiness.

Awards / Honors

• Judges Choice - Glitter Gams (Ursula)  Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2005

• First Place / Best Machine Workmanship - Glitter Gams  New Jersey Quilt Convention, 2005

• Third Place - Dancing Stars  New Jersey Quilt Convention, 2005

• Nominated 2002 Teacher of the Year   Professional Quilter's Magazine

• First Place - Tranquility, Other Techniques  Quilts Along the Bay, 2002

• Second Place - Watermelon Flower, Other Techniques  Quilts Along the Bay, 2000

• Excellence in Fibre Art - The Original Flying Machine   Icarus 2000 Art Show, Glenn Eure Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC

• Frederick J. Hipp Foundation 1999 Grant Winner, awarded $5,419.00 for Sew Much Love: Children Making Quilts for Children

• Teacher of the Year, 1994, Deptford Township School District

Exhibitions   

• David Flinker Pavilion Art Gallery, Virtua Memorial Hospital
  December 13, 2005 - January 29, 2006 / Holiday Exhibition:  Flora and Fauna

• The State Quilt Guild of NJ, Inc., Raritan Center, Edison, NJ
  June 10, 2004 - June 12, 2004 / New Jersey Artist Exhibit:  Dwellings

• The Quilt and Sewing Fest at Myrtle Beach - April 2004, Special Juried Exhibition, Down by the Sea, featuring Summer Winds

• Shoot for the Stars! - Exhibited as part of the traveling exhibit Proverbial Challenge:
  Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO - November 1 - December 31, 2004
  Minnesota Quilt Show, Rochester, Minnesota - June 9 - 12, 2004
  "Jest for Fun" at Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, California - March 19 - May 1, 2004 -
  NY Quilts!, New York, NY - June 2003
  Quilters Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA - April 2003
  Simi Valley Cultural Center, Simi Valley, CA - August 2002

• The State Quilt Guild of NJ, Inc., Raritan Center, Edison, NJ
  June 12, 2003 - June 14, 2003 / New Jersey Artist Exhibit:  Pushing the Envelope

• Airborne: Birds, Flight and the Wrights, Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, OH
  June 1st - August 3, 2003 / 11th Annual Juried Art Quilt Exhibit

• The Quilt and Sewing Fest at Myrtle Beach - March 2003, Special Juried Exhibition, Down by the Sea, featuring Dawn and The Original Flying Machine

• Philadelphia Quilting and Embroidery Showcase, January 2003
  Showcase of Landscape and Nature quilts

• The Quilt and Sewing Fest at Myrtle Beach - March 2002, Special Juried Exhibition, Down by the Sea, featuring Tranquility, seascape quilt.

• Artists and Poets Among Us – April 2001, one of five Featured Artists showing 2 original Art Quilts, Deptford, NJ

• Gloucester County Art Gallery – March/April 2001, one of six Featured Artists showing 12 original Art Quilts, Gloucester, NJ

Publications

• Quilter's Home Magazine, Enthusiast Magazine LLC
  May/June 2008, The 5 Stages of (Quilt Show) Loss
  May/June 2007, Knit Me a Quilt
  March/April 2007, How to Ruin Your Quilt Class
  December 2006, Get YOUR Ideas Published!

• Designer's Quarter's Magazine
  Winter 2007, Porcelain Collection

• McCall’s Quilting, Primedia Publications
  October 2007, Autumn Breeze
  April 2007, Mix & Match (featuring Timeless Treasure's Stix and Stones fabric)
  June 2004, Sunflower Frenzy

  April 2004, Flower Bed

  February 2004, Galaxy Gala
  September 2003, article:  12 Quilting Class Tips:  Getting the most of your class
  June 2003, Garden Path, Hug A Bug

  December 2002, Star of Wonder
  April 2002, Star Parade

  February 2002, Snow Dance

  August 2001, Star Salute

  December 2000, Blessings of the Season (cover)
  August 2000, Feature article: Sew Much Love with Michele Scott
  February 2000, Sew Much to Do!
  October 1999, Readin’, Writin’, ‘Rithmetic

• McCall’s Quick Quilts,  Primedia Publications
  July 2008, Fiesta (cover)
  May 2008, Petal Power Duo
  September 2007, Glad It's Plaid
  January 2007, New Year's Sparklers
  July 2006, Summer Spirit
  July 2005, Fragrant Pathways
  May 2005, Brown Eyed Susan
  December 2004, Winter Waltz
  November 2004, Love Notes - Talking about Love / Talking about Friendship
  January, 2004, Artic Blues, Holiday Hideaway
  May 2003, Simply Squares (cover), Niece and Nephew
  January 2003, Northern Nights, Country Star
  November 2002, Log Cabin Apples
  September 2002, The Elusive One
  March 2002, Udder Delight
  September, 2001, Butterfly Garden, Let's Dance
  July 2001, Hugs and Kisses, Annie's Bouquet, Homerun Sampler
  May 2001, Leap Frog, Dainty Daisies
  January 2001, Playful Pines
  September 2000, An Apple a Day
  July 2000, Is it a Girl or a Boy? (cover)
  March 2000, Stars, Stripes, and Love Forever
  November 1999, Light Up the Season (cover)
  July 1999, Celestial Sampler (cover), Whirling Wheels
  Winter 1998/9, Through the Woods (cover)
  Fall/Holiday 1998, Autumn Splendor

• Hearthstone Herald, Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2000, You CAN Machine Quilt, co-authored by Sandy Cook

Education

• 2000 - 2002  University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Continuing Education

• 1985 – 1989  West Chester University, West Chester, PA, Bachelors of Science in Special Education