Genre: Quilting

Sarah Fielke is an award-winning quilt designer, bestselling author, and internationally renowned teacher from Sydney, Australia. For more than 25 years, she has inspired quilters around the world with her distinctive "contemporary traditional" style, blending classic quilt blocks with fresh colour, playful details, and innovative techniques.

Sarah is best known for her user friendly hand appliqué, hand quilting, and improv techniques, creating workshops that are informative, encouraging, and enjoyable for quilters of all skill levels. She teaches throughout Australia, the United States, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Europe, as well as through her popular online classes and annual Block of the Month program, which brings together thousands of quilters from around the globe.

The author of 20 bestselling quilting books—including the two Material Obsession books, Old Quilts New Life, Stitch Your Story and her own self published Block of the Month books —Sarah's publications have sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into multiple languages.

In addition to teaching and writing, Sarah designs fabric collections, collaborates with Aurifil to create signature thread collections, and co-owns That's Accurate, a company producing precision acrylic quilting templates and English Paper Piecing supplies.

Whether she's teaching hand quilting, appliqué, or modern approaches to traditional patchwork, Sarah is passionate about helping every student build confidence, develop new skills, and discover the joy of making quilts they'll treasure for years to come.