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Sylvia Schaefer is an author, pattern designer and award-winning quilter. She holds a PhD in marine science, and her background in science often inspires her quilt designs, both directly and indirectly. Her quilts and patterns have been published in magazines both online and in print, and her work has been exhibited and won awards regionally and nationally, including ribbons at Pacific International Quilt Festival, the American Quilter’s Society show in Paducah, and MQX, among others. In 2017, she was awarded the second annual Craftsy Quilt Designer Fellowship, allowing her to start her own line of printed patterns sold in quilt shops around the world. She has also appeared on camera in Fresh Quilting and Patchwork Nation. Her first book, ...more

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Sylvia Schaefer The truth about craft books is that there isn't too much writer's block that happens. By the time you're writing a book, you've already created a deta…moreThe truth about craft books is that there isn't too much writer's block that happens. By the time you're writing a book, you've already created a detailed outline as part of the proposal, so you pretty much know where you're going and what you need to say; it's just a matter of getting the wording right. I think we craft book authors are fortunate that we don't have to deal with characters whose motivations we're not quite sure of ourselves. :)(less)
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