Gina Burgess

Gina Burgess, from Port Noarlunga, South Australia is well known to South Australian quilters as a teacher and an active member of the Quilters Guild of SA. She started teaching beginners from her home studio in 1996, which gave her a thorough grounding in the basics of traditional patchwork and quilting. As her enthusiasm for the craft developed it soon became clear that her first love lay in machine appliqué and quilting and this is now reflected in her work. So began her interest in realistic stained glass designs interpreted in fabric. She now teaches regularly in metropolitan Adelaide as well as travelling further a field in SA and interstate (e.g. Toowoomba Quiltfest, Hawkesbury Quilt Camp, Waverley Symposium, Quilt Encounter SA and Patching by the Port, Esperance WA). Gina has worked on the SA Exhibition Committee five times and is a member of the SA Valuation & Judging Panels.