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Birth Year (-Died Year)
1958
Birth City
Anchorage
Birth State
AK
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Author's Website
Occupation(s)
Quilter, writer, medical transcriptionist, secretary, mom
Biography
Joan was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and moved with her family to the Denver area where she met her high school sweetheart. Moving again to Hawaii and then California, she married her Marine sweetheart in 1977 and then REALLY started moving around the United States and to Okinawa. She moved back to the Pikes Peak region in 1985 when roots began to grow.
She has been a quilter since 1980 and that is important to her children's books because they are illustrated with her quilted pictures. She continues to write her unique two-sided storybooks and illustrate them with quilts, as well as creating patterns for quilters. She lectures and teaches throughout the region
Awards/Honors
Joan has won multiple quilting awards in Colorado, including Best in Show at the Colorado State Fair, and has been juried into national quilt shows
Education/Training
High school graduate with honor - Secretary/administrative assistant for fifteen years - Medical transcription training and employment for five years
Local Authors Genres
Published Works
"Quilt Combines Writing and Quilting" (appearing in Quilter's Newsletter Magazi…
Published Works Book Jackets
Interviews
Organizations
Colorado Quilting Council member for over 20 years
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
For adults, quilting lecture and "trunk show" - For elementary students, large quilts are displayed and subjects covered can be writing, editing, two-sided perspective of any subject, fabric as an art medium, and how to draw a pattern from a photo - A complete list of speaker topics may be found at www.joanmusick.com