FreeSpirit Fabrics recently had the pleasure of meeting Genesis Hall – an award-winning sewist and quilter at just 13 years old. She toured the office and inspired all by sharing her quilts and accomplishments. Read below to be inspired by Genesis and this younger generation emerging in the sewing/quilting industry.

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Hello, I’m Genesis. Some people call me Genny.

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I’m Jen Bucheli, I live west of Orlando, Florida with my husband and 3 children. I have two adult daughters and a son in Middle School. I have always been creative and majored in art in college. I was a Floral Designer for a special event company in Orlando for years until I made the choice to

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I was born and raised up North amongst the oaks and the apple trees in the state of Minnesota. I was fortunate to be raised surrounded by generations of my family. Growing up in the same yard as my great grandmother Lily and my grandmother Avis allowed me to learn and enjoy the creative process of handwork

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Hi! My name is Judy Gauthier. I am the owner of Bungalow Quilting. I have owned my shop for over 11 years. I am also a critical care nurse, mother to 4 grown children and a wife of 36 years. I have been sewing since age 9. I think what makes my experience unique is the toughness

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Greetings to all my fellow fabric fondlers!

I am an art quilter, designer and teacher who lives in the countryside of Northern Illinois, and I have been designing fabric for FreeSpirit since 2002.

I discovered quilting in 1980 when Nancy Crow’s quilt was on the cover of Craft Magazine (now American Craft). One look was all it took. Quilting had everything

Tell us about yourself.Hi! I’m Erica Smith Billups, and I can honestly say that I never thought I’d be a fabric designer. But sometimes, life has bigger plans for you than you can ever even dream of. Here’s my story of how I haphazardly stumbled into fabric design…

I’ve worked as an artist for the last 13 years, but it wasn’t

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My name is Debbie Busby. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, moving every summer between Oregon and Washington as I grew up based on my father’s job transfers. I was surrounded by sewing from a young age by my grandmother and mother. With a house full of girls (I have three sisters) my mother

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I am a quilter who lives in South Hadley, MA. I spent the first 15 years of my quilting career as a longarmer. Now I spend much of my time teaching, designing fabric, and am the author of a new book Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting. I always define myself as a quilter, rather than artist or textile

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My name is Sarah Sczepanski. I am originally from Massachusetts and was born in Salem on Halloween! Having a creative outlet was always important to me, and I started painting and making my own clothes at a young age. I moved to New York City over a decade ago to pursue a career in the fashion industry

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I live in the Des Moines, Iowa area but we spend quite a bit of time in southwest Missouri on Tablerock Lake.  My husband and I, our daughters and their families love spending time at the home on the lake where I grew up.  We’ve updated the old family home recently, and I’ve really enjoyed filling the