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After forty years of stitching memories into fabric, she still smiles at how a simple order from Montgomery Ward turned her into a quilting aficionado. A friend stitched the 6” squares together and shared her finished quilt and our featured quilter was hooked. She ordered her own, and made her first quilt. A simple tied… Continue reading Previously Featured Member

The slight breeze that blew through the dining room window and fluttered the curtains, crossed the room to where the quilter sat in front of a quilting frame, deftly stitching the finishing touches on a quilt left for her to hand-quilt. She would hand-quilt many and her granddaughter loved to visit to explore the latest… Continue reading Previously Featured Member

My mom taught me to sew beginning when I was ten years old and I fell in love with it!From then on, I made garments for myself (including my wedding dress) and others, home décor and window treatments, and even tried my hand at making a quilt when I was about sixteen!I started quilting in… Continue reading Previous Featured Member

A desire to honor her heritage and the family quilters who came before her, led our featured quilter to learn how to create quilts. She made her first quilt in 2009 and says, “Then I was hooked, especially on the fabrics!” She says she feels her fabric stash is lacking in solid colors, but admits… Continue reading Previously Featured Member

Our featured quilter says she was drawn to quilting by wanting to gift a quilt to her great nephew upon his graduation from high school. She had been sewing for a long time, but had not tried her hand at quilting which she says was intimidating.“I had lots of anxiety while making it, but it… Continue reading Previously Featured Member

Our featured quilter was drawn to quilting after visiting the San Juan Quilters Guild quilt show in the late 80s.“I was tired of making clothing. When I saw a quilt, I thought, Look! No zipper, no set-in sleeves and I can fit a bed.”She took a class in the spring of 1990 with Jackie Robinson… Continue reading Previously Featured Member