Quilting Artists

Heidi Kaisand is a native Iowan, spending most of her childhood years in Northwood and graduating from Northwood-Kensett High School. At the age of nine she became actively involved in 4-H. During her 10 years of active membership she entered quilts, crafts, food, and furniture projects in the fair. Her first full-size quilt was a Nine-Patch block, hand-pieced, and hand-tied as a sophomore in high school. It was sent on to the Iowa State Fair. Working demonstrations and presentations were an everyday part of her 4-H experience and have contributed to her love of speaking to large groups of people and sharing her passion for quilting with others. Leadership roles at the state level encouraged Heidi to strive for higher goals at a young age.

Heidi attended Iowa State University graduating in 1990 with a B.S. in Consumer Food Science-Food and Nutrition. Her goal was to develop recipes for cookbooks. She was fortunate to land a job at Meredith Corporation in the cookbook division where she wrote and edited several cookbooks, as well as children's craft titles and cross-stitch books. In 1992 she had the opportunity to meet the woman who's idea it was to create American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. Having been a quilter for years, it was exciting to Heidi to be able to translate her how-to writing skills to a new medium.

 

As the National Sales Manager for APQS, Heidi is using her organizational and communication skills to help quilters find the right long-arm quilting machine for them.