Qualifications of Appraiser
Phyllis Twigg Hatcher

Phyllis Twigg Hatcher has an A.B. degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and a M.Ed. degree from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She has been trained and tested as a certified appraiser by the American Quilter's Society Appraiser Certification Program in Paducah, Kentucky and she is a member of the Professional Association of Appraisers-Quilted Textiles. Phyllis completed the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's three credit graduate course "History of Quilts" taught by Dr. Patricia Crews.

Phyllis is the author of The Victorian Redwork Sampler Quilt and "War and Remembrance," an article on a World War One quilt published in the Quilting Quarterly magazine of the National Quilting Association. She is past president of both the Annapolis Quilt Guild and Baltimore Appliqué Society. She lectures on quilt history and teaches quilting classes and workshops.

Phyllis Twigg Hatcher currently appraises at large and small quilt show venues including Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia (February); Quilters' Heritage Celebration in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (April); American Quilter's Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky (April); Annapolis Quilt Show in Maryland (June), Quilt Odyssey in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July); World Quilt and Textile Show in Manchester, New Hampshire (August); and the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (September).

 

Phyllis Twigg Hatcher
1410 Colonial Manor Court
Annapolis, MD 21409
Phyllis2775@hotmail.com