| Grandma Garrison was Nancy's mentor while she made her first quilt in 1972. She asked her to cut a 6" square template from paper and pin it on some fabric. Using regular scissors, quite dull, Nancy cut around the paper template. After cutting about two dozen squares, she |
| Nancy has been a spokesperson for Omnigrid, a division of Prym Dritz, for over 13 years. In addition, Nancy lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, Frank. They have three grown children and one granddaughter. |
| Nancy is highly sought after as a quilt-piecing designer, teacher, lecturer and show judge. She has developed No-Fail ® methods for accurate rotary cutting and machine piecing. In a three-year time period she made over 1000 miniatures. In 1989 Nancy astonished the quilt world by designing her first full size miniature quilt. These quilts are bed size, but are pieced with thousands of miniature pieces. She has made several others since then. They've been recognized with ribbons and awards from Quilt America!, A Quilter's Gathering, Quilters Heritage Celebration, American Quilter's Society (AQS), National Quilting Association (NQA), and American International Quilt Association (AIQA) Shows. |
| Nancy is one of the creators of the popular Miniatures From the Heart Contest, sponsored by Miniature Quilts magazine. She has written several best selling books including Featherweight 221-The Perfect Portable ®, Measure the Possibilities with Omnigrid®, Endless Possibilities, Rotary Magic. She's also refined how to work with squares and rectangles in her best selling books Block Magic and Block Magic, Too! Her leading-edge Quilt Map ® concept allows the quilters to design their own quilts without any hassles. |
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| noticed some of the squares were not the same size. Nancy called Gram and said, "My blocks don't seem to be the same size." Gram replied, "Are you cutting any of the paper template off when you cut around it?" Nancy replied, "No, only once in a while!" That was Nancy's first lesson in accuracy and it has stuck with her all these years. Today her hallmark is accuracy and she stresses it with students and attributes the wide recognition of her work to its continued emphasis. |
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