Carolyn's Bio

Carolyn Van Tassell of Weathersfield, Vermont made her first quilt 30 years ago.  At this time she didn’t even know what a rotary cutter was!  She bought a book, tore the strips, sewed them together to make a quilt and hand quilted it.  She was hooked on quilting!

Soon she joined a small quilting group in Springfield and learned many new things.  Next came classes with Deb Tucker, classes at Fletcher Farm in Ludlow, Vermont and classes with Sue Ashe in Chester, Vermont.

During this time Carolyn was teaching Family and Consumer Science (home economics) at Springfield High School.  Quilting became a popular choice of projects for the students in the clothing and textiles classes.

About 14 years ago, Carolyn purchased her first Gammill long arm quilting machine and opened her business, Fine Line Machine Quilting.  In 2002, Carolyn retired from teaching.  Soon people were asking her to teach classes.  Carolyn now teaches one day workshops for groups as well as numerous quilting retreat weekends.

We are honored to have Carolyn teaching our first quilters retreat here at the Bromley View Inn!

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