I began sewing at four years old. I made my own clothing in jr. high and high school. I went on to fashion college (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising). I studied fashion design, color theory and pattern making then graduated in 1985. My 18 year fashion career included positions as a fashion designer, production patternmaker and a first patternmaker. I remember watching "Quilt In A Day" with Eleanor Burns on PBS but never tried to make one until I was at home after my daughter was born (fall of 2000). I began to read books about quilting. I made my first quilt as a gift for my m...