Veruschka Zarate, the Award-Winning Quilter and Founder of Pride & Joy Quilting, is an accomplished Modern Art Quilt Maker, Designer, Educator, and Speaker. Her work is a testament to her deep love for the rich tradition of storytelling through fabric. Veruschka is known for her vibrant use of color and her mastery of large-scale, highly detailed foundation paper piecing, where intricate compositions come to life with remarkable precision.
Beyond her exceptional quiltmaking skills, Veruschka is an active and dedicated contributor to the quilting community. She shares her expertise through a range of Patterns, workshops, presentations, and online education with quilters from around the world. Her highly acclaimed course, Modern Foundation Paperpiecing: Fundamentals, offers in-depth instruction, guiding quilters through both foundational and advanced techniques to elevate their skills and understanding of the craft.
Veruschka’s commitment to excellence extends far beyond her own creations. As a HandiQuilter Ambassador, she collaborates with esteemed industry leaders to share her extensive knowledge and passion with quilters worldwide. She has served as faculty for numerous prestigious quilt conventions, including The Modern Quilt Guild’s QuiltCon, the Road to California Quilt Show, Empty Spools Seminar, the French International Thread Arts Convention, BERNINA Academy of Australia, and New Zealand’s Quilt Symposium, among others.
Her quilts have garnered recognition from numerous esteemed publications and earned her a series of prestigious awards, including QuiltCon’s Best in Show, the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Quiltmaking, QuiltCon’s First Place in Piecing, and QuiltCon’s People’s Choice Award.
Through her unwavering dedication to Modern Art Quilts, Veruschka continues to inspire and empower quilters around the globe, shaping the future of modern quilting with each meticulous stitch.
For more information about Veruschka’s work, please visitÂ
prideandjoyquilting.com or follow her on Instagram and Facebook @prideandjoyquilting.
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