Meet Joan Hawley of Lazy Girl Designs
As of this writing, I have sewn two of the various designs myself and both experiences produced amazing finished products that I am very proud to wear, use and show. Click here to see my Wonder Wallet. Click here to see my Miranda Bag.
I am so pleased that Sew Thankful started stocking Lazy Girl patterns a few months ago!
If you've never tried a Lazy Girl Pattern, you may not know Joan Hawley. Let me introduce you.
Joan Hawley began sewing at a young age. She started out making her own clothes and home dec furnishings. Joan says a friend introduced her to the world of quilting years later, taking her to her 1st quilt shop. She says she didn't know quilt shops existed until then.
Joan
started Lazy Girl Designs in 1997 in response to the customer comments she heard
while working in a quilt shop. She started by designing projects specifically
requested by customers but she soon turned her attention to creating projects
that suited her own sensibilities.
When
asked about her focus on purses and bags Joan says:
"...what can I say?
Have you ever found the perfect purse?
Does a single perfect purse exist, or is perfection achieved through a
collection of purses that when combined, meet all of our needs? I don't know.
I guess since I'm still designing them for myself, my collection is
incomplete. Or my definition of
perfection changes over time. I have
discovered that there is a little 'Lazy' in most of us. I have fun with my designs and I hope you do,
too."
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