My
life-long love affair with sewing began when I was four years old. I told
my mother I knew why the sewing machine was called a Singer – because it
hummed! I took sewing in home economics, but didn't really begin to love
sewing clothes until I was in my early 20s. I began my sewing career
tailoring men's suits in the Portland, Oregon, area. After a move to Waco,
Texas, and finding a quilt shop inside of a converted carriage house, I was hooked!
One
of the greatest joys of quiltmaking for me is helping students recognize
their talent and instilling in them a love of quilting. My favorite times are
when a student, of any age, insists they cannot be successful. The more
skeptical, the better! I haven't met a student yet that couldn't be successful
given enough different ways to sew the same unit.
I've been teaching quilting for 15 years and designing quilt patterns for 10.
I began teaching by volunteering at a local alternative school and teaching
teen moms to make quilts for their babies. I was honored to be the featured
quilter at a show in my adopted hometown of Hillsboro, Oregon, (95,000
residents). My husband and I
are the proud parents of two adult children and a lovely daughter-in-law who joined
the family in 2011.
A man is known by the formal company he has been inviting. Because the person is the most favored among the people of the village that does not mean that, he is a great person of the religion or of the manors in the event of any incident.
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