SAQA Florida Mission

SAQA Florida Region works to support the mission of SAQA:

Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: “a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure.”
Within Florida we provide a venue for art quilters
  • to promote and share their art quilts
  • to foster personal and professional development
  • to create an atmosphere of networking, community and mutual inspiration

SAQA Florida Reps

Ellen Simon

I have been a quilter for the past 50 years. In 1996, I opened a retail quilt store, and in 2011, we closed the store and moved our custom quilting business into our home. You could say my life is quilting. I became a member of SAQA in an unusual way. I was gifted anonymously with a membership. I decided to join the exhibition committee as a way to pay back the gift. I also belong to the local Sarasota quilt guild and have served in several board positions. I have been the guild librarian for the last 7 years.

Angie Knowles

As an artist, I am intrigued by the process, always trying to push the boundaries and see how far I can take a process.

I discovered the world of surface design in 2008 and have since studied with leading artists, including Kerr Grabowski and Gasali Adeyemo. I also completed Jane Dunnewold’s two-year Art Cloth Mastery Program.

Newsletter Editor–Bobbi Baugh

Membership–Doris Hulse

Exhibition Chair–

Bobbi Baugh