About the Author: Linda Hahn

Linda received her National Quilting Association Teacher Certification in 1999. She has been three times nominated for Professional Quilter Magazine’s Teacher of the Year award. She was also nominated for the 2008 Certified Teacher of the Year award from the National Quilting Association. She was recently been named Marketing Consultant for Elizabeth’s Studio, a new fabric company. Linda is on the faculty for the 2008 NQA Show in Columbus, Ohio. In August 2007 she taped a quilting segment for EBRUTV, Somerset, New Jersey. She has been part of the faculty at the New Jersey Quilt Convention since 2005 and was the featured teacher at the Frost Valley Quilting Weekend in 2004. Linda is on the teaching staff at Creative Sew n Sews, Englishtown, New Jersey. Linda has taught in Bermuda twice and twice on a quilting cruise. Linda, her daughter Sarah and business partner Merry May, present Bed, Breakfast & Quilt Getaways – affectionately known as “BBQ”. Linda and Merry are currently working together on several books and will be designing quilts and patterns for Elizabeth’s Studio. Linda has done commission work for Elizabeth’s Studio, Shamash & Sons, Kreinik Thread Manufacturing Company and Sullivans, USA. Her work has appeared in Quilting Now Magazine, The Professional Quilter, Quilt Almanac, Quilt Magazine and the NQA Quilting Quarterly. Linda is co-owner of Two Country Quilters, a long arm machine quilting business. Two Country Quilters also vends hard to find and specialty quilting items at New Jersey Quilt Shows. She lives in Manalapan, New Jersey with her husband, Allan, daughter, Sarah and her golden retriever, Amber Lynn, all of whom are involved in quilting!