Longarm Quilting by Heidi Aker

Quilting really was not something I had ever envisioned as a hobby and especially not a career.  It all began the year that I made king size double sided fleece blankets for Christmas gifts.  I wasn't a quilter, so I used a single seam and tied it with yarn to hold it all in place.   

Shortly after the holidays, I stumbled into a local quilt shop and the rest is history.  I had never seen such beautiful fabrics or imagined the amazing works of art that could be created as quilts, and as an added bonus the shop offered an assortment of classes for all experience levels.  A few classes in and I was hooked; if there was a quilt show I was there, if there was a trunk show/lecture/demo I was sure to be there.  I have spent all the time I can to learning every aspect of quilting I can and I love that the art of quilting is continually evolving and I will never know it all. 

Dreams do come true !  I am a quilter. 

Enhancing beautifully created quilt tops with thread is the perfect combination for my out of the box personality, a fine arts degree that was thought to have no practical use, and decades of practicing on computer design programs.  Its like I worked for the last twenty years to gain all the skills and practical knowledge necessary to be able to enjoy drawing with thread as a longarm quilter and creating loveable memories.