A traditional quilter at heart, Barbara Arnold believes that all quilters no matter their style should know the basic skills of quilt making. Whether she is teaching her beginner series, intermediate, advanced or a single technique class, Barbara reinforces the basics. Her series of traditional patterns are written to focus on technique and accuracy, so the quilter will achieve success and enjoy the process. Her goal for all her classes is to learn while having fun.

Sewing from an early age, Barbara has had a lifelong love of fabric! Learning to quilt opened up a whole new world that soon became a passion. Barbara continues to take as many classes as she is able. Keeping current on trends, techniques and tools in today’s quilting world helps not only Barbara but her students too! She believes that a teacher of this creative art should be able to demonstrate numerous ways to accomplish a technique. Barbara is also aware that people learn in different ways and should work at their own comfortable pace.

Barbara has been teaching in quilt shops, conducting guild workshops and lecturing throughout the Northeast since the late 1990’s. In 2003 Barbara completed the process to become a National Quilting Association Certified Teacher. Her home guild, Eastern Long Island Quilters Guild, honored Barbara with a display of her work at their annual quilt show in 2005. The National Quilting Association named Barbara Certified Teacher of the Year for 2010. In 2012 she completed the certificate requirements in Sashiko Basics from Olympus of Japan.