Janice Zeller Ryan holds and MFA in costume design from Carnegie Meloon University. The birth of her children (prompting her first baby quilt) took her in a new direction, where she discovered her love of quilting. She lives in Los Angeles and her website is www.betteroffthread.com Beth Vassalo was inspired to learn sewing after watching her daughter create dress-up clothes from paper and tape. Beth learned the basics of sewing with the help of books and online sources. A few years later, she discovered quilting and has been making quilts ever since. She lives in Washington, D.C. plumandjune.blogspot.com