Hello and Welcome to
Heart-in-Hand-Quilting.com!
Our Mission:
We specialize in helping you finish your pieced
Quilts
with beautiful Quilting
stitches that accent and compliment your
Quilt.
We promise to handle your
Quilt
with
all the love you did as you were planning and piecing it. We pledge
satisfaction… after all a satisfied customer returns and brings
friends. We also pledge, to do our very best and do it joyfully.
Our Website:
We are so excited to share this web space with you,
hope you stay awhile, wander around, and visit often, to see our
changes and developments. We hope to ad tid-bits of
Quilting History
and lots and lots of
Quilt
pictures
as we grow.
My Experience:
My name is Dedra and I Love
Quilting!!!
I have loved
Quilts
as long as I can remember, after all I am from the “Holly Hobby “and
“Little House on the Prairie “generation. We also come from a
family background of
Quilting,
mothers, aunts, grandmothers and greats. I have been
Quilting
since 1986. My favorite part of
Quilting
is the actual
”Quilting”
…that is stitching together the layers that transform the piece into
a
Quilt,
either by hand or by machine. I also love fabrics and love to
know about the history behind the tradition of each
Quilt
Block and each Style of
Quilting.
Most of my quilting has been for family and friends. I have in the
past year started entering a few Quilt Shows and Challenges. I was
very proud to win a Blue Ribbon for
Hand
Quilting
at Stewartsville
Quilt
Show with my
Quilt
Amish – Black Tie and Roses, which you can see in the Gallery.
Dedra’s Bio:
I was born in Missouri, then I grew up on the road as
an Air Force “Brat”, longing to move home. I now appreciate my
experiences and how they have shaped my outlook on life. We
always came back to visit our Grandparent’s Farms and kept close
ties here.
My college degree is in Mathematics, which often
comes in handy when
Quilting.
I worked for “the Phone Company” for several years in computer
support before I had my first child and became a stay home Mom. The
hardest and most important job in the world in my view.
Now I do live in Missouri on a small farm in a log
cabin, we built. I love it; it’s like a dream come true. I have
been married for 21 years to a wonderful supportive husband, who is
a military pilot. He is my business partner and tech support. We
have 3 great kids... 15,12, and 2. Yippes…it’s that two year old
surprise that has motivated me to find a profitable profession that
I am passionate about and still be a stay home Mom.
Quilting
is so much a part of my life that it is a natural choice for my
profession. And…
Quilters
are such great people to work with.
I also love pets and gardening. I raise one or two
litters of English Springer Spaniels a year so if you are interested
see our website at:
www.PipersSpringers.com
Lisa’s Experience:
Surprisingly, I went on my first “Quilt Trip” in Oct.
2007 and bought materials for my first 2 quilts – “Turning Twenty”
in flannels for my youngest son and a Christmas Story kit for my
(then) soon-to-come granddaughter! I have never looked back! Dedra
has been my inspiration and my mentor. After working for 27 years
at the “Phone Company” and my youngest gone to college – I was ripe
for a vocation with meaning and depth. What better than quilting??
I now have a Long-arm machine and am finishing my 5th
quilt in July ’08. I’m looking forward to many years of quilting
experiences!
Lisa’s Bio:
I
was born in Missouri, but my folks were busy traveling with my
father’s work so I got to experience many states and many schools
until we moved back to the farm just in time for high school. After
college – I traveled to the “Big City” and spent the next 30 years
working and raising my family. Now, my husband & I have one of
Dedra’s Springers, stay busy keeping up with church, children,
grandchildren, real estate and now quilting!
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