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 January
Issue 11: 2001 |
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The idea was to provide classes with a broader scope than those offered by local shops and to give quilters the opportunity to study with teachers outside their area. We decided right at the start that our teachers would never be using someone else's book as an instruction manual. If you took Stack 'n' Whack (tm) from Quilt University, it would be because Bethany Reynolds was teaching it. Roger is a self-employed programmer and his schedule was light. He pitched right in to help me set up the site. I figured we would start slow, launching our enterprise in June, giving us a chance to practice over the summer and really hit the ground running in September. He had different ideas. We were online by mid-March! With some help from other online friends, the word got out and in less than a week, over 200 people a day were visiting the site. Karen Combs and Patricia Hammond agreed to join the faculty. Students were signing up for classes and sending in their money! This was really happening! In less than a year, we have gone from 4 teachers and 4 classes a month to a faculty of over 25 offering as many as 5 classes a week. Our student body is twice as large as the college I attended. Our students come from all over the world, and so does our faculty. My husband is now my full-time partner. I knew quilters would enjoy the convenience of studying from home, but it has been gratifying to hear from those who wouldn't be able to take conventional classes: people who cannot carry or sit for long periods; those who can't hear; those whose first language is not English; people hundreds of miles from the nearest shop. Quilt University not only filled my spare time, it filled all my time, quite literally from dawn to bedtime. And I love every minute of it.
Patti R. Anderson, the author for our new Hints and Tips series for Electric Quilt in Computer Quilitng BYTES is also teaching classes at Quilt University For additional information about Quilt University, visit the website at: http://www.quiltuniversity.com
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