Bettina has been quilting since 1970, teaching since 1974 and owned a quilt shop from 1977-1985. Bettina Havig is a quiltmaker, teacher, lecturer, judge, quilt historian, appraiser and consultant. She has been on the programs of Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Quilt America, Quilters’ Unlimited Showcase, and American Quilters Society Annual Show, The National Quilt Festival, Pennsylvania Quilt Extravaganza, Williamsburg Quilt Festival, and Quilts Across America and has taught for guilds throughout the US as well as in Germany, England, and Scotland. In addition she has served as competition judge for many of these same events.

Bettina was the director of the Missouri Heritage Quilt Project. In 1980 and again in 1984 she was chairman of the symposia hosted in Columbia, MO. She has been an active member of the American Quilt Study Group since 1980 and presented a paper on the findings of the Missouri Heritage Quilt Project at their annual seminar in 1986. She served as President of the Board of Directors 2002-2006.

While as consultant to the National Quilt Festival for Silver Dollar City she developed the concept of the quilt challenge.

Her work has been featured in such magazines as “Quilters’ Newsletter”, “Quilt”, “Lady’s Circle Patchwork”, and “Quilting Today”, and The British Patchwork and Quilting magazine. . She was the designer of the 1999 “American Patchwork and Quilting” Sampler Series. Her quilts have been invited to and been exhibited in many national quilt shows.

She has authored five books: Missouri Heritage Quilts, Amish Quiltmaker, Quilts of the Booneslick Trail Quilters’ Guild, Amish Kinder Komforts,Classic English Medallion Style Quilts and The Carrie Hall Blocks. See Publications for ordering information.

She is active in her local quilt guild and was founding chairman of the Missouri State Quilters’ Guild.