Short Biography for Nova

Nova is an award winning quilter and quilt historian who began quilting in 1980. Until 2004 all her quilting was done by hand. Teaching since 2003, she has developed a reputation for engaging students in active learning and giving individual attention to her students throughout Texas and in New York. She is excited about carrying her message nationally.

A Texas State Certified Real Estate Appraiser with over 20 years of experience, Nova is currently working toward her certification to appraise quilts.

The relaxed style which draws her audiences into the presentation has made Nova a popular speaker with civic groups as well as quilt guilds. Additionally, she has been engaged by Texas A&M University as a guest lecturer.

Nova loves history and sharing her passion for quilts with audiences and workshop participants. She is currently lecturing on “76 Years of History with the Singer Featherweight,” “A Century of Progress: The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and Its Quilt Contest,” “Quilt Care,” “Cotton,” and “America’s Cotton Mills.”