Jo Morton Quilts
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I was introduced to quilting in 1979 and haven't put down a needle since. I began teaching quiltmaking in 1982, by 1985 I started creating small quilts with the charm of the antique, or 'new quilts that look olde'.

I began selling my small quilts in 1988, and traveled east to exhibit at juried Folk Art Shows in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New England. I traveled to Pennsylvania once a year to exhibit at the Designer Craftsman Show (a juried, invitational show) near Philadelphia, a retail venue for the serious collector of American craftsmanship.

My quilts have been listed in the Early American Life Directory of American Traditional Crafts annually from 1990 through 2002. I stopped submitting in 2003 since I no longer sell my quilts.

In 1995 I began my quilt pattern business, I sell to quilt shops, distributors, and exhibit at Quilt Market. I teach and lecture for quilt guilds, shops, and retreats.

In April of 2000, I flew to Burbank and taped episode #603 of Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson.

I publish my 19th century small quilt re-creations patterns and I published my first book in the Fall of 2000, I've written and published 12 books as of December 2005, look for my book 'Small Quilts with Vintage Charm' with C&T Publishing.

Ask about 'Jo's Little Women' Club at your favorite Quilt Shop, an olde fashioned gathering making small olde looking quilts and needful things.

I design for Andover Fabrics since 2002, ask for Jo's popular lines at your favorite Quilt Shop.

I have had quilts published in American Patchwork & Quilting, Quilters Newsletter Magazine, Early American Life, Miniature Quilts, and McCall's Quilting.

In 1998, I licensed some of my quilts to Heart of America, who publishes framed art prints of my quilts, the prints are available in country stores and gift shops..

I live in Nebraska City with my husband Russ and our two cats.


Nominated for Professional Teacher of the Year 2004

Teaching Experience -

2005 Road to California, Ontario, California
  Braided River Quilt Guild, Papillion, Nebraska
  The Quilted Basket, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Quilters, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, Kearney, Nebraska
  Missouri State Quilt Guild Retreat, Warrensburg, Missouri
  Royal Caribbean Cruise for McCall's Quilting - Western Caribbean
  Walnut Valley Quilters Guild, Winfield, Kansas
  Needles & Friends Quilt Guild, Liberal, Kansas
  Heritage Quilter's of Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
  Belle Point Quilters Guild, Fort Smith, Arkansas
  Faithful Circle Quilters, Downers Grove, Illinois
  Maine Quilts 2005, Augusta, Maine
  Thimble 'n Thread Quilt Shop, Richland Center, Wisconsin
  Tide Water Quilt Guild, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas

2004 QuiltWorks North West Quilt Shop, Bellevue, Washington
  Evergreen Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Kent Washington
  Quilted Treasures of Rogers, Rogers, Minnesota
  Quilters Guild of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
  Iowa State Guild, Anamosa, Iowa
  Quilters Guild of Plano, Plano, Texas
  Kansas Capital Quilters Guild, Topeka, Kansas
  Missouri State Quilt Guild, Columbia, Missouri
  Cocheco Quilters Guild, Dover, New Hampshire
  Cottage Herbs Quilt Shop, Berwick, Maine
  Liberty Gathering, Liberty, Missouri
  McCall's Quilting Symposium, Golden, Colorado
  Southtown's Piecemakers Quilting Guild, East Aurora, New York
  Morning Star Quilt Guild, East Aurora, New York
  Quilted Moose Quilt Shop, Gretna, Nebraska

2003 Narragansett Bay Quilters, Providence, Rhode Island
  Redwood Empire Quilters Guild, Eureka, California
  Quilted Moose Quilt Shop, Gretna, Nebraska
  Quilting Bee Quilt Shop, Salina, Kansas
  Kansas Quilt Organization Spring Retreat, McPherson, Kansas
  'Liberty Gathering', Liberty, Missouri
  Fat Quarters Quilt Guild, Columbus, Nebraska
  Puyallup Valley Quilters, Puyallup, Washington
  Carriage Country Quilt Shop, Des Moines, Washington
  Ozark Piecemakers, Springfield, Missouri
  Quiltmakers Guild, Kankakee, Illinois
  Village Quilters Guild, Lake Bluff, Illinois
  'Folk Art Jubilee', Clackamas, Oregon
  International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas


Quilts published in -

Quilt It - Log Cabin Favorites, 'Prairie Paisley', 2005, pg 32
Love of Quilting, Prairie Cabin Mini, March/April 2005, pg 56
Designers' Quarters, Jo's Bear Paw, Winter 2004, Vol. 2, No 1, pg 10
McCall's Quilting - America Makes Scrap Quilts, 'Four and More', Winter 2004, pg 48
McCall's Quilting - 'Comforts of Home' (Strippy Nines), vol. 11, no. 1, February 2004, pg 34
American Patchwork & Quilting - 'Rebecca's Baskets', issue 65, December 2003, pg 28
American Patchwork & Quilting - 'Prairie Flowers', issue 63, August 2003, pg 34
American Patchwork & Quilting - 'Forever Nines', issue 61, March/April 2003, pg 46
Quilt It for Keepsakes (by QNM) 'Liberty Eagle', December 2002, pg 28
Early American Life - 'Gwen's Star', Christmas Special - December 2002, pg 62
Early American Life - August 2002, page 53
American Patchwork & Quilting - 'North and South', issue 57, August 2002
Miniature Quilts - Issue 57, December 2001 profile of Jo and 'Liberty Stars' pattern
American Patchwork & Quilting - 'Rachel's Reel', issue 53, December 2001
American Patchwork & Quilting 2001 Calendar - October features 'Halloween Log Cabin' by Jo
American Patchwork & Quilting - 'Americana Churn Dash', issue 39, August 1999
American Patchwork & Quilting - 'Framed Log Cabin', issue 40, October 1999
Early American Life - June 1998
Early American Life - Christmas 1995
Early American Life - Christmas 1994
Early American Life - August 1993
Quilters Newsletter Magazine - 5 quilts, issue 267, November 1994
Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilts - Jan/Feb 1991

Simply Quilts - on HGTV or DIY - Episode #603

Book - 'Collecting Baskets', Spring 2001
Book - 'Collecting Americana', Fall 2001
Book - 'Olde is New Again', Fall 2002
Book - 'Evermore', Spring 2003
Book - 'Past & Present', Fall 2003
Book - 'Emma's Courtyard', February 2005
Book - 'Vintage Moment', January 2006
Book - 'Prairie Flowers', January 2006
Book - 'Hearthside Stars', January 2006

Look for 'Small Quilts with Vintage Charm' published by C&T Publishing now!

Patterns - see pictures of all patterns, books, and BOM's here.

Art Prints - most can be seen and ordered on-line at www.countrycompanyofvermont.com
You can see all the prints at www.heartofamerica.com

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