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Meet Susan Morehouse . . .
Owner & Chief Gardener
I grew up on a farm in New Zealand where I learned to stitch as a very young girl. One of my earliest memories is sitting in the grass "paddock" away from the house earnestly stitching on a cloth only to be thoroughly dismayed after what seemed many hours that I had stitched it all to my dress!! My first machine stitching was on a treadle sewing machine at my one room elementary school. I learned to sew on Mum's electric Singer making doll clothes.. I have lived in the US for nearly 25 years after a short stint in Canada, most of the time in Fort Collins. Quilting is a relatively new skill for me since I took my first serious class in 1999. I am fortunate to have had a mother in law with a long heritage of quilting in Missouri. I left New Zealand to attend graduate school at Colorado State University where I was enrolled in the PhD program and met my husband, a native Missourian. We have one daughter, Rebecca who was born in Fort Collins. I worked for nearly 20 years as an environmental engineer as a state regulator, an environmental consultant and then in the corporate world. Finally in late 2002 I decided I needed a change in direction for my life and embarked on my current adventure doing what I love quilting!! The name "The Quilter's Garden" combines two of my passions, my garden and my quilting. I love everything about quilting, the fabric, the patterns, contemporary work, old quilts and traditional patterns. I look forward to sharing my store with you all on line as well as in person.
See our Slideshow. . . for a quick tour of the shop.
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Vicki Carlson works in the shop on Mondays and spends much of her free time creating fabulous quilts. Vicki completed two quilts which are in major national quilt shows in 2003. See Vicki's Show Quilts |