Scraps & Shirttails: Reuse, Re-pupose, Recycle! The Art of "Quilting Green"
Bonnie K. Hunter is passionate about quilting, focusing mainly on scrap quilts with the simple feeling "making do." She started her love affair with quilting in a home economics class her senior year of high school in 1980 and has never looked back.Before quilting became her full time career, Bonnie was the owner and designer of "Needle in a Haystack!!" creating over 70 patterns for dolls and stuffed animals with a country primitive feel. Many of her designs were licensed through the Butterick Pattern Company, translated into 7 languages, and sold around the globe through fabric stores. Bonnie is also a licensed massage therapist, nationally certified in therapeutic massage and body work.But quilting has always been Bonnie's first love. She has been machine quilting for 19 years and professionally longarm quilting for the public for 13 years. She has been featured in magazines for both her quilt patterns and articles she has written on scrap management and using that stash to its full potential.Bonnie is dedicated to continuing the traditions of quilting. She enjoys meeting with quilters, teaching workshops and lecturing to quilt guilds all over the USA, challenging quilters to break the rules, think outside the box, and find what brings them joy.