COASTAL PRAIRIE
QUILT GUILD OF TEXAS
DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE ART OF  
QUILTING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
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COASTAL PRAIRIE QUILT GUILD OF TEXAS
IS A NON-PROFIT 501 (c) 3 ORGANIZATION
P.O. Box 55
Stafford, TX 77497

ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF MISSOURI CITY,
3900 LEXINGTON BLVD., MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77459
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2012
CHARLOTTE ANGOTTI - MARCH 7 - 7PM
"WHY AREN'T YOU MAKING MORE QUILTS"

ALICE WILHOIT - MARCH 15 - 10AM
"CRAZY PATCHWORK"
J. MICHELLE WATTS - FEBRUARY 16TH  
10am   "FROM AN IDEA TO A QUILT"
JANIE ALONZO - APRIL 11-7PM
"X BLOCKS"
While shopping with her mother in 1978, Charlotte wandered into a quilt shop and
everything changed from there. Educated in fine arts, speech and drama she brings a
variety of talents to class in a most humorous way.

She has been teaching quilt making since 1979 because someone asked her to teach
them. Her first quilt was sold right after making it and she has sold her quilts ever since.
She owned her own quilt shop in Virginia Beach, VA from 1981 - 1999. She began teaching
nationally in 1991 and has worked for Quilts, Inc since 1987. Her classes in Houston,
Chicago and Long Beach are sold out and mostly because of her wonderful, pre-cut,
ready-to-sew kit classes. Now she brings those kits to you with her website.

Along with her kit business, Quilt Maker's Studio, she now teaches and lectures full time
and lives in Conway, SC.

Known for her humor, her way with fabric/color and her pre-cut kits, Charlotte believes
that her hobby is quilting making and her job is making others enjoy it as much as she
does.

To learn more about Charlotte and contact her directly, please go to
www.charlotteangotti.com/

Most of us have had the experience of becoming “all out excited” over a new hobby or activity
only to cool once the “new” has worn off. Usually this leads to an unfinished project, or projects
if the excitement was really great, being relegated to a forgotten box on some closet shelf. That
was Alice’s story until some 20 years ago when she took a class at a local quilt shop and found
herself immersed in a world of infinite possibilities with fabrics. She has never “cooled” or even
looked back. In this time, Alice has produced something over 250 quilts, many of them of her
own design. Many have won awards in quilt shows and festivals. Her designs and patterns are
sold in quilt shops around the country.

In 1987, Alice began instructing, and soon coordinated all teaching at the leading quilt shop in her
area. Now she teaches in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. She travels to teach across the U. S.,
Canada and has taught on many cruises.

Although she designs both traditional pieced and appliquéd quilts, her true love, other than her
husband, children and grandchildren, is teaching others the art of appliqué, crazy patchwork and
just about any kind of handwork. Through her years of experience she has developed many labor
and time saving techniques to aid in the preparation portion of appliqué. These she happily
shares! One of her greatest joys is seeing someone develop into a dedicated quilter regardless
of the style or method chosen.

Alice is married to Bill, has six daughters, a son and six grandchildren, three great-grandsons
and one great-granddaughter. She and Bill live in McKinney, Texas, along with their Shih Tzu,
Molly, the queen of the household.

Michelle Watts is a quilt artist that loves living in the Southwest region of the U.S.. Michelle has been quilting
for over 22 years. She has spent the last 15 years creating wearable clothing and quilts and that express her
love of the Southwest. Michelle designs southwestern quilt and wearable art patterns, southwest fabrics,
teaches classes and lectures throughout the U.S. She is also the author of 3 quilting books. Most of Michelle's
quilts are machine pieced, machine appliquéd and machine quilted.

As a quilt designer, she is continuously inspired by the beauty of her surroundings. She draws inspirations
from Native American weavings, pottery, woven baskets, jewelry, and beadwork, Spanish tinwork, ironwork,
wood carvings, tile architecture, churches, missions, and the landscape are also used for inspiration.
Through her use of rich color, strong design and texture, Michelle creates objects of beauty to the eye and
comfort to the soul.
Co-owner of Zo-Ray Creations
Zo-Ray Creations is owned by two sisters.  One is Janie Alonzo who is a Square In A Square Certified
Instructor.  She was born and raised in San Angelo, Texas.  Janie is married and lives in Austin and works
for the State of Texas.

Discover the exciting new quilting adventure of X-Blocks!  With the X-Blocks ™ rotary cutting tool, you can
create dozens of spectacular designs that look complex but are incredibly quick & easy! They can be
created from strips or easy-to-piece blocks and the fabulous borders are created as you make your X-
Blocks ™ so there is virtually no waste!