Tracey M. Brookshier

Pacific Grove, CA 93950
tracey@traceybrookshier.com

Professional Experience

• Instructor and Judge, Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2006
• Instructor, Quilt Hawaii, 2006
• Judge, Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2003-05
• Judge, Marin Quilt and Needle Arts Show, 2003, 2005
• Judge, Monterey County Fair, 2002-04
• Judge, California State Fair, 2002
• Curator, Transatlantic Quilt Challenge II, 2006-07
• Curator, Quilts Across the Pacific II, 2005-06
• Curator, Transatlantic Quilt Challenge, 2004-05
• Curator, The Australia-California Challenge / Quilts Across the Pacific, 2003
• Curator, Tour de France / Challenge Franco-Americain, 2001
• Curator, The Japan Challenge / The Santa Cruise, 1998
• Northern California Quilt Council Board Member, 2003-04
• Quilt Fair Chairwoman, Pajaro Valley Quilt Association 1998 Quilt Fair
• Quilting Instructor / Lecturer / Pattern Designer, 1996-present

Publications

• Tesselation Quilts by Christine Porter, Krause Publications 2006, International T-Blocks and Zig-Zags
• Fabrications (UK), Issue 42 (Jun/Jul 2006), Summer Baskets (cover quilt and pattern)
• Fabrications (UK), Issue 36 (Jun/Jul 2005), Tree of Life (cover quilt and pattern)
• Magic Patch (France) No. 23 (2005), Napa Harvest
• Fabrications (UK), Issue 32 (Oct/Nov 2004), Transatlantic Quilt Challenge
• QNM's Quilt It - Basket Favorites, 2004, Japanese Baskets and Winter Baskets
• The Quilter, Sep 2004, French Country Inn
• Australian Homespun Quilters Companion, Vol 2 No 4 (2003), Southern Cross
• Quilters and Coordinates, Premier Issue 2003, Garden Lattice
• Fons and Porter's For the Love of Quilting, Jan-Feb 2002, Hearts Afire
• Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, May 2001, Apple Baskets
• Quick Quilts From Your Scrapbag, Oxmoor House, 2000, Summer Baskets
• Great American Quilts 2000, Oxmoor House, 2000, Summer Baskets
• Quilting Today, No. 76 (February 2000), Rocket Launch
• Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, May 1999, Spring Baskets
• Sew News, April 1999, Star Medallion
• Magic Patch (France) No. 1 (1998), Gold Rush Baskets
• Traditional Quiltworks, No. 57 (September 1998), Summer Garden Patch
• Patchwork Club Magazine (Japanese), August 1998, International Quilt Challenge

Quilt Show Participation and Awards

• A Love Affair with Japan, special exhibit with Diane Weber, PIQF 2006
• Harvest Quilt Show (featured artist), Morgan Hill CA 2006
• Quilt Hawaii 2006, Kauai
• San Mateo Sewing and Quilt Expo, special exhibit with Diane Weber, 2006
• Quilts Across The Pacific II, Australia 2005
• Quilt Hawaii 2005, Maui
• Transatlantic Quilt Challenge, UK 2004
• The Australia-California Challenge / Quilts Across the Pacific, Australia 2003
• Quilts / Textile Art / Ceramic Sculpture, Stanford Art Spaces, 2002
• Pacific International 1997-2004
• 2000 Judge's Choice Award, Traditional Category
• Marin Quilt and Needle Arts Show 1997-2004
• Numerous First Place - Honorable Mention and Judge's Choice Awards
• Tour de France / Challenge Franco-Americain, Musee de Biterrois, Beziers, France, 2001
• The Japan Challenge / The Santa Cruise, Quilt Week Yokohama 1998, Japan
• Pajaro Valley Quilt Association Quilt Fair 1995-2006

Education

• Course on Judging Quilts & Wearable Arts; New Quilts of Northern California, 2001
• BS in Chemistry, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1988