Bio, Awards, Shows & Teaching.

Marisela Rumberg is an award-winning quilt artist who loves to share her enthusiasm and passion for quilts.   She is an international teacher and lecturer whose work has been featured in quilt shows such as Houston International Quilt Festival, Patchwork and Quilt Expo in Mexico, Quilt and Patchwork Festival in Grammado, Brazil and coming up this August 2015, at the The Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England.
 
She is the founder and director of the group, Sew Global Quilters (SGQ), an eclectic mix of quilters from eight different nationalities, which makes quilting fun and educational.   She is an active member of Quilters Unlimited-Annandale Chapter, where she is in charge of the Education Bee program, and recently curated  “The Way I See It” exhibit.  Marisela is part of Quilters Mexico faculty, where she teaches and promotes the art of quilting to Spanish speakers.  She recently joined Studio Fiber Arts at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton,Virginia where she currently creates and exhibits her art.

Marisela teaches classes at several quilt shops in Northern Virginia, and has given workshops and demonstrations at quilt guilds and quilt shows.  She is the creator of the technique, “Free Motion Quilting is Brain Training”.  Her method has given many intimidated quilters confidence to enjoy quilting.  Marisela structures her classes and workshops to inspire one’s inner artist to be free.  Some of her classes are: “T-Shirt Memory Quilts”, Zentangle Quilts”, “Confetti”, “Trapunto” and more! 

 

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AWARDS

International Patchwork and Quilt Expo Puebla, Mexico.  2013.
Quilt:“In the Day of  the Dead: La Catrina" 
Awarded 3rd place in the contest themed "Mexican Traditional Holidays" 



JURIED SHOWS

International Quilt Festival, Houston,  2015.

Quilt: “Harlequin Duck”

The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England 2015.

Quilt:“A Bird in Hand”

7^th Patchwork and Quilt Expo, World Trade Center, Mexico City, 2015.

Quilt:“A Bird in Hand”

International Quilt Festival, Houston,  2014.

Quilt:“In the Day of  the Dead: La Catrina”

Quilt and Patchwork Festival, Grammado, Brazil. 2014.

Quilt:  “A Miracle With Roses”

6^TH Patchwork and Quilt Expo,  Mexico City, Mexico. 2014.

Quilt:  “A Miracle With Roses”

QUILT CHALLENGE TOURS

Fly Me to the Moon (Coming 2018)

Quilt: “Cow Jumping over the Moon”

Inspired by the National Parks: An Art Quilt Challenge (Coming 2016)

Quilt:  “Harlequin Duck”

“Astronomical Quilt Challenge” 
InternationalQuilt Festival, Houston, 2015.
QuiltBlock: “Rainbow Star”

INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITS

Workhouse Arts Center,  Lorton Virginia, 2015.

For Studio Fiber Arts “Quilt Inspiration” exhibit

MyWhimsical Trees Collection: “Watercolor”, “Silk”, “Strings”, “Threads”

Quilt:“A Miracle with Roses”

Quilt“My Love, My Accomplice, My Everything”

Artistic Artifacts, Alexandria Virginia, 2014.

“Mixed Media Metallics Exhibit”

Quilt:  “Metallic Owl”

Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, 2013.

“Fine Arts Summer Spotlight at the Bodzin Gallery”

Quilt:“Flores Lindas”

Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, 2012.

“Fine Arts Summer Spotlight at the Bodzin Gallery”

Quilts:  “Twinkle, Twinkle” and “Ginko Leaves”

OPEN EXHIBITS, OPEN CHALLENGES

Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2015

The Way I see It Challenge

Quilts:  “Love”, “Color”, “House”, “Tree”.

Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2014

The Way I see It Challenge

Quilts:  “Blooming”, “Falling”, “Thanks”, “Nest”. 

7^th Patchwork and Quilt Expo, World Trade Center, Mexico City, 2015.

Quilts: “Zentangle Tree”, “My Stalker” 

Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2014

Quilt:“In the Day of  the Dead: La Catrina”

Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2013

Whisper Quilts Challenge

Quilt:“Chocolate and Cherries”

Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, 2012

Quilt:“My Stalker” 

TEACHING EVENTS AT QUILT SHOWS, GUILDS AND GROUPS 


7th Patchwork and Quilt Expo, World Trade Center, Mexico City, 2015. 

Classes: Making Friends with your Walking Foot", Confetti Appliques"
Lecture: "The History of Quilting"

6th Patchwork and Quilt Expo, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014.
Classes: "Free Motion Quilting is Brain Training", "Making Friends with your Walking Foot"
Lecture: "Passion for Quilts"

Suzzie's Quilt Shop (Quilting Club Event), Manassas VA. 2013.
Lecture:  "Passion for Quilts"

Quilters Unlimited of NoVA (Annandale Chapter), 2013.
Class: "Free Motion Quilting is Brain Training"

Jewish Community Center of NoVA, 2012.
Class: "Free Motion Quilting is Brain Training"


I ALSO TEACH REGULARLY AT

Suzzie's Quilt Shop, Manassas VA. . 

The Quilters Studio, Fairfax, VA.

Quilters Unlimited of NoVA (Annandale Chapter)
Since 2014 I'm in charge of the Education Bee Program.  

Sew Global Quilters, Fairfax, VA.
I am the founder and director of the group "SGQ" where quilters of about eight different nationalities get together to learn and share our passion for quilting.  We are an eclectic group with different languages, accents, and cultures, which makes our meeting lots of fun and educational in many ways.  To join or register for classes please contact me: marisela@quiltsbymarisela.com

Dream House Patchwork and Quilting, Metepec, Mexico.

CLP Place  Mexico City, Mexico.