Linda Hunter, 2021 QuiltFest Lecturer

Linda is a certified quilt appraiser, quilting teacher and quiltmaker. Teaching in one form or another has been her life. With a degree in Education (mathematics) from Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, Linda has been a substitute teacher for over 30 years. Her interest in quiltimaking opened the path as a teacher of quiltmaking for over 40 years teaching quilt classes in community education programs through school systems in Western New York, conducting workshops and giving lectures on quiltmaking. Her interest in quilting includes both past and present, antique and contemporary quilts, and she has been a certified quilt appraiser for over 20 years. About Linda: • American Quilter’s Society certified quilt appraiser for over 20 years. • Founding member of Amherst Quilter’s Guild in the Buffalo, NY area. • Former secretary for the Professional Association of Appraisers - Quilted Textiles (PAAQT) • Presenter of programs on cable television on quilt appraising and quilting techniques. • Finalist in The Professional Quilter magazine Teacher of the Year contest. • Co-curator of The Buffalo History Museum exhibit Quilts: Techniques and Styles (2016 - 2017). Coordinator of the quilt project involving 16 guilds that pieced and hand quilted a quilt during the exhibit. • Maker of the quilt, Windows of Western New York, Western NY Responds to 9-11-2001 that has traveled throughout New York State and beyond.

Linda Hunter Lecture:

Quilts Past and Present - Saturday, June 5, 2021, 2:30 PM, $10