Kriss Moulds, originally from California, lived in Baltimore, MD for 12 years before moving to her current home in Seward, Nebraska, where she has been teaching quilting classes since 1999. Having survived motherhood (3 daughters), and now working on grandmotherhood, Kriss appreciates the many phases of life that can be nourished and fed through quilting, and the friendships made through being part of a quilting world.

A National Quilting Association Certified Teacher since 2008, she enjoys all phases of the quilting process, including both hand and machine work, though she's most proficient in all kinds of handwork. "I love to encourage any creative passions that come through quilting," she says, "however they're manifested!"

Appreciation of American history brings an extra dimension of interest to Kriss' classes and presentations, especially those featuring early American techniques such as Broderie Perse and the red/green applique of the Baltimore Album years. She enjoys early American whole cloth designs as well as other reproduction projects, and is currently working on projects/presentations that will highlight the Civil War years and the Westward movement.

A highlight of this past year for Kriss was teaching her "Urns & Ferns" workshop at the IQSC in Lincoln, NE. Her favorite lecture at the moment (which she is developing with quilting friend Barbara Pike) is "The Times in Which She Quilted: Historical Trends, Fads, and Fabric Mania," a brief overview of quilting styles from the early 1800s to the 1940s. Fostering this interest in quilt history, Kriss is also studying to become a certified quilt appraiser.

Kriss teaches classes, volunteers at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum (Lincoln, NE), presents workshops and lectures to guilds, belongs to more than a few quilt groups and organizations, and loves all Show'n'Tell. She looks forward to traveling, hoping to foster quilting addiction along the way to anyone she meets. All quilters are welcome to visit her class website at www.quiltsforlunch.com.