The Best of Jacobean Applique
A native of Delaware, Mimi Ayars, Ph.D., calls herself a "hardy Texas transplant." She caught the spirit of quilting in the 1976 revival while living in the Chicago area, once belonging to five guilds concurrently. Her first quilt, STARS AND STRIPES, was selected for a show of bicentennial quilts at the Museum of the American Quilter's Society in 1991. Dr. Ayars has taught sociology at nine universities in six states. She retired in 1991 to pursue two hobbies: writing and quilting. Her articles on quiltmaking have been published in the "National Quilting Association's Quilting Quarterly" (formerly "Patchwork Patter"), and "Quilt World."Patricia B. Campbell, born and reared in Michigan, makes her home in Dallas, Texas. An award-winning appliqué artist, she is well-known as an exciting speaker and an inspiring instructor. She has adapted seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Jacobean designs from embroidery to fabric and has created a line of patterns for sale. She also has a collection of fabrics, Impressions and Fossil Fern , manufactured by Benartex. She has taught workshops from Maine to South Africa. Her first quilt, Jacobean Arbor, the well-known and beloved black quilt, won eight ribbons, including a Best of Show. It was followed by Elizabethan Woods, a five-time winner. She and her quilts have been featured on covers and in articles in American Quilter Magazine, International Quilt Festival, Quilting Today, Patchwork Quilt Tsuchin, and Quilting International. .