Marsha McCloskey is my favorite teacher. I took a week-long class from her before I had finished my first quilt. I usually end up crying in a class out of frustration... but not with her. She is wonderfully kind, calm, and reassuring... and low tech... yay! When she taught a class within 50 miles of me, I signed up as a member of that guild just so I could take another one of her classes.
But I'm really star struck by Scharon Schamber. If she were teaching any class near me, I would sign up for it even if I wasn't interested in what she was teaching. I'd spend the entire class staring at her with an open mouth. I saw a display of her quilts at a show once. I could have stared at them all day. What talent!