Meet
Sue Cook.

I have been quilting for about 26 years after falling in love with a mass produced comforter from a department store that had an old fashioned feel. Suddenly, I wanted a hand made quilt and began shopping. I soon realized that every one I liked was out of my budget and that I would have to learn to make one myself if I ever hoped to own one.

I signed up for a class in hand quilting because I figured if I didn't like that part there wasn't much sense in signing up for the beginning quilting class. I quickly learned that hand quilting wasn't for me, but more importantly, that there are so many ways to make a quilt.

So I signed up for a beginning quilting class!

My first quilt taught me how important accurate cutting and piecing were since none of my stars had points and each of my blocks were a different size. This quilt is my oldest UFO.

After this class, I made a few small projects that were a definite improvement over my first one.

On one trip to the quilt shop, I spotted a class sample that was made with foundation paper piecing. I asked the staff if they thought I was capable of making that quilt. They assured me that I would be able to learn that technique, so I signed up for another class.

This class was life changing for me. Suddenly, there was no longer the need to cut or piece accurately since the precision was built into the foundation itself. I quickly realized that if I could draw something, chances were pretty good that I could sew it.

My very first design came to me in a dream. When I woke up I drew it on graph paper and took my time sewing it out. Once it was quilted, I had to go back to the quilt shop and find fabric for the binding. As I was searching for the perfect fabric, other customers asked to see my quilt and wanted to know where I had gotten the pattern!

Fortunately for me, I had a friend who was a quilter who also had some experience in publishing. We turned my design into a pattern and began teaching it at local quilt shops. We added several other designs to my line over the next couple of years.

When one of my best friends was diagnosed with MS and needed a caregiver, I had to change my focus in order to help her and still be able to take care of my children. This left little time for quilting and designing.

After my friend passed and my kids were teenagers, I began to think about quilting again. Covid hit and I found myself making masks for my coworkers at the crystal shop where I was working. Although I loved that job, I found that the twenty somethings weren't taking any precautions to guard against spreading covid, so I thought it would be in my best interest to leave.

I had a cancer scare and a couple of surgeries that made me unable to work for over a year, so it was the perfect time to start designing again and publishing patterns.

Since then I have published more than a dozen new designs and have been teaching and lecturing as often as I can.

I hope you enjoy my designs as much I enjoy designing them!