Nancy Landon has owned and operated Cactus Quilt Shop in Tucson since 1997. Her shop entices and empowers the beginner while satisfying the needs of the advanced quilter. It was noted that Nancy has assembled a team of top-notch, award-winning quilters offering classes through her shop. She lectures, offers trunk shows on vintage and antique quilts, provides expert advice on the care and restoration of vintage quilts, and regularly hosts appraisal days at the shop.

Under the trade name Cactus Cat Patterns, Nancy designs and publishes quilting patterns. Her original designs are southwest-inspired or adaptations of vintage patterns. To commemorate Arizona’s Statehood Centennial, Nancy developed “The Goldie Richmond Project,” a reproduction quilt based on Goldie’s work, as a block of the month class. The class offering enjoys the participation of 60 Southern Arizona quilters.

Nancy is an award-winning quiltmaker. She has received numerous ribbon recognitions for her quilts.

Her involvement in the quilting community extends to quilt-related organizations. Nancy has twice served as President of Tucson Quilters’ Guild, first in 1996-1997 and again in 2006-2007. She served as President of the Arizona Quilt Shop Association from 2001 - 2005 and as President of the Southern Arizona Quilt Shop Association beginning in 2005 and continuing to the current year.

In her acceptance remarks, Nancy thanked her husband and Cactus Quilt Shop staff for their support of her work and efforts.

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