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Ob*ses*sion:  noun 1. the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.

2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.  3. the state of being obsessed. 4. the act of obsessing.

I started my first quilt over ten years ago on a whim.  I can’t remember what made me even want to quilt.  I picked out a pattern and fabric and started cutting, only to realize that I had read the pattern wrong.  After just a few weeks of working on the quilt, I became discouraged and gave up.  Everything went into a box under the guest room bed, where it stayed for a couple of years, untouched.  Several years later, something made me want to pull out the squares and finish what I had started.  It wasn’t long before I was officially obsessed and now I’ve made quilts, baby toys, pillows, dresses and more. I see quilt patterns in the tile floor of a public restroom, in the arrangement of columns on a building, sometimes everywhere I look.

 

I live with my husband and middle school sweetheart Adam, north of Seattle.  I used to work as a school district administrator, but recently decided to stay home with my two rambunctious boys, Liam and Drew. Sewing is what keeps me sane in this crazy life.  It is like a little escape, every single day – even if it has become a quilty obsession.

In April of 2016, I opened a little shop on Etsy to sell the things I make.  Visit it here: etsy.com/shop/quiltyobsession