Feeding my fabric and quilting obsessions by feeding yours:)

Welcome to The Meandering Thread. I am Theresa and I live in Des Moines where I have a 1000 square foot studio about 10 minutes from home. I started out in my home but quickly outgrew that. I have been quilting since about 1997 when a friend and I took a beginners class in Oklahoma City where I lived and worked as a Physical Therapist.

I had a daughter in 1999 and she changed all my plans for life! I never dreamed I'd love being a mother so much. When she was 9 months I stopped working full time and job shared. In 2002 I bought a Gammill Quilt machine so I could transition to being home even more. In Oct 2003 we moved back home to Iowa, I quit Physical Therapy for good and stayed home to raise and homeschool my baby. We were broke but my husband has always been supportive of me as a mother as well as anything to do with my business.

Fast forward to 2010 - I opened my Etsy shop selling quilts. A couple years later I bought my first fabric line - a grafitti line by Stephanie Brandenburg. Never dreamed it would take me to here! My custom T-shirt quilt work grew quickly as well. AND...I was asked to design for several magazines over the past few years. All fun stuff that pretty well fell into my lap as I was having fun sewing.

I've never actively marketed myself because I have been more than busy enough. My daughter is now 17, taking community college classes, working, and has a boyfriend so I am freer most of the time and have plans to change the face of The Meandering Thread a bit over the next year. A little less fabric (2000+ bolts is more work that you'd think to manage), many more kits and original designs (by me!), a website to get back to selling finished quilts and such for those who do not sew, and I'll be vending at a show or 2 around the country. The first show is in Wichita in June so if you live around there pop in and say hi!

Well, I think that is enough rambling about me - should give you a general overview:) I love to see your finished projects so send me photos when you think of it. Let me know if I can post them to my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/TheMeanderingThread/ - others also love to see your creations.