Marcus Fabrics - Fun and Features, Friends of Marcus Fabrics

"What a gorgeous quilt! Who made it. . .?"

Here you'll find interesting information about some of our creative partners, from quilt and craft designers to quilting supply manufacturers. Where possible, we've included their email addresses or website links for handy reference.

Author and designer JANET CARIJA BRANDT has published numerous how-to books and patterns for hooked rugs, quilts, and other crafts. She was named among the top 200 craftspeople by Early American Life magazine, and is the author of WOW! Wool-on-Wool Folk Art Quilts. (Martingale & Co.)

CARM JOHNSON started her first quilt at 18 years of age, a king size quilt made with sandpaper templates, then hand quilted! Carm then spent 15 years working in the less creative credit card processing industry prior to trying her hand at quilting again. For the past 10 years she has been quilting and actively promoting quilting in and around the Omaha, NE area.

GLENDORA SIMONSON is an accomplished quilt designer and educator. Glendora’s teaching credits include quilting courses through the Arts Workshop at the Newark Museum in Newark, NJ. At the urging of her equally enthusiastic students, the class meetings continued and eventually became the basis for the Nubian Heritage Quilt Guild, based in Montclair, NJ. Glendora specializes in a wide range of quilt techniques and styles. Her first piece for Marcus Fabrics utilized the SURFACES: GREY TO BLACK collection. Look for this project in an upcoming issue of McCall’s Quilting magazine!

CAROLYN HALT is an expert quilt designer whose work regularly graces the pages of The Quilter magazine as well as our trade show booths and our online Quilt Gallery We’ve come to rely on her keen sense of design, playing up the best features of a fabric collection for maximum appeal, from quilts to place settings and more.

DONALYN MASON (better known as Donie) is a former accountant who, after 25 years, followed her passion to become a professional quilter! She owns a quilting school in Utah, and provides custom quilting services with her Gammill quilting machine. Donie prides herself on fast, high quality service, and will soon offer classes at her shop as well. Visit her website.

VANDARRA ROBBINS is a designer and sewing instructor based in New Jersey. Through her company, The Couture Hand, she creates custom clothing and home furnishings for a varied clientele. Visit www.thecouturehand.com.

LAURA FARSON designed many pieces for our best-selling Gingham Gardens line as well as several other quilts. Her second book, Ragged-Edge Flowers, containing the pattern for this quilt, is now available (Krause Publications.) Contact lfarson@eosinc.com.