Decades before I sewed two patches together, I knew I would make quilts and I knew I would teach.  I am a fourth generation quilter and third generation teacher.   For the last 12 years I've been working on the Jinny Beyer Quilting Seminar Staff and I have enjoyed every minute. 

I am also a globetrotting photographer and my travels have had a powerful influence on my designs.  

Personally, I like to teach "process" classes, because in the typical half-day format it’s difficult to complete a block, let alone an entire quilt...But I recognize that most quilters are busy people who want tangible results.  My compromise is to offer experiences that result in quilt blocks or small projects, but the big “take-home” should be a change in the way the quilter thinks.

Biography:

A fourth generation quilter, Ricki was raised on a west St. Louis County farm and left home (with her grandmother’s Featherweight) to attend the US Air Force Academy in 1976.  When she left the Air Force, she took up quilting and five years later she began teaching.  Ricki joined Jinny Beyer’s Quilting Seminar Staff in 1997.  Her work has appeared in books and magazines, most recently in Jinny Beyer's latest book, "Quilters Album of Patchwork Patterns.” Her hobbies include photography, travel, volunteering world wide with Habitat for Humanity and spending time with her pet-beasts.