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Kristine Poor started Poorhouse
Quilt Designs in September 2006, after designing the Sampler Tote as a
gift for a family member. The tote was a hit and a pattern company was
born! Kristine has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and was bitten by the quilt bug fifteen years ago. She works with mom, Jean Johnson (pattern editor/sample maker/creative assistant) to put together patterns that are a palette for your creativity.
Click here to see Sew Thankful's current selection of Kristine's patterns.
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."
