Darlene Zimmerman

Darlene Zimmerman lives in rural Minnesota, is married and a mother of four children and a grandmother to three. Her quilt career began by designing tools for EZ Quilting, and she now has 20+ quilting tools on the market. She has published 6 books with F + W Publications (Krause Publications) since 2001: Quick Quilted Miniatures, Granny Quilts, Granny Quilts Décor!, Fat Quarter Small Quilts, The Quilter’s Edge, The Complete Guide to Quilting, and Quilts from Lavender Hill Farm. Fresh from the Clothesline will be released in the fall of 2011. Darlene frequently publishes articles and patterns in quilt magazines, and has also been self-publishing for her own company, Needlings, Inc.Darlene is also noted for her 30s fabric collections and Clothesline Club for the past 15 years—first with Chanteclaire Fabrics and more recently with Robert Kaufman Fabrics.

Visit Darlene at her website: www.feedsacklady.com