Officers
Karen Boddicker, President
I have been around quilting since I was a little girl, both my mother and grandmother were great quilters. It took me a while to get hooked and in my 30's I made a few baby quilts, starting out with hand quilting. Then later as I became more hooked, I looked into long arm quilting and purchased a wooden Hinterberg frame and a Julie Machine. I was never very good at free motion quilting so eventually upgraded to computerized quilting. I love most varieties of quilting but I lean more toward scrappy quilting.
Lisa Baker, Vice-President
I was blessed with a mother and grandmother who were both prolific sewists. As a result, I learned to sew at an early age, and made clothing and home interior projects. I completed my first quilt in 1991 and I was hooked. I began buying books and learning everything I could about all things quilting. I retired from my full time job in 2015 and joined the Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild soon after.
I'm so glad I did. I have learned so much and the friends I've made along the way are priceless!
Helen Anderson, Secretary
I have been sewing since I was a child. My grandmother lived with us so she started teaching me to sew by doing little embroidery designs. That evolved in to making potholders and then into decorating my blue jeans in the seventies. I then started cross stitching and doing needlepoint and learning to make garments.
When my daughter was born I started smocking dresses for her. I then took a hand quilting class at the Jarrell Plantation in the 80's. I was hooked! I have loved it since then and hope to continue quilting.
Shelly Tice, Treasurer
Wanda Hamrick, 2026 Programs Committee Chair
I started quilting about 25 years ago when I took a class at Piece Goods in Macon ga. I began sewing when I was about 13. I took classes at Singer Sewing in Macon Ga. I made lots of my own clothes and my children’s till they became older. I was invited to a nighttime quilt guild and was hooked on quilting. I was working and raising children so didn’t have much time for sewing. When they all left for college, I had more time to sew. Since I retired in 2015, I’ve has much more time to quilt. It’s calming to me to make quilts and craft items. My sewing room is my quiet haven and my place to go . I am blessed to be surrounded by many excellent quilters and learn from many of them.
Beau Palmer, 2027 Programs Committee Chair
Beau Palmer took his first quilting classes in 1990. He has settled on needle-turn appliqué on pieced work as his favorite technique. He took a break from quilting when his children were young but is now principally making quilts that celebrate his other obsession, VW Buses.
Amy Ford, Hospitality Committee Chair
I began quilting in 2009 after a brain bleed. I fell in love with embroidery and took classes at Couture when they were in Macon. I decided to take those appliquéd pieces and turn them into a quilt, so I taught myself to quilt on YouTube. I have loved learning new techniques from friends and now have taken my love of quilting to finishing others quilts on my Longarm.