Meet the Designer
Valerie at the International Quilt Market in Houston
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I
was raised in western Montana, then after spending ten years in Florida, I
moved to Arizona. Since 1984, my home has been in Chandler, Arizona.
I own two quilting related businesses. Aside from White Picket Fence Quilts, I have owned a Longarm machine-quilting business since 1994. I teach and lecture on various topics related to quilting. I am also an NQA certified quilt judge (see my website at: http://judging.azboman.net), and I am qualified to judge Masterpiece quilts (there is no certification). Aside from quilting, hobbies include gardening, canning, home decorating, genealogy, camping, birding and Geo-caching. I also belong to several local groups that play MahJongg, Canasta, Pinochle and other games. I share my home with my amazing and supportive husband Dean. We have pet goats Mollie and Buster, and laying hens Henrietta, Maxine. Gidget, Gwen, Ruth, Flossie and Ethel. I have two married daughters (Ashley and Courtney) and two grandsons (Mitchel and Cameron). We garden and can on a large scale, and are able to grow exotic plants such as raspberries, apples, peaches, melons, etc. When I classify these as "exotic", remember that we are in a desert! I love being busy and am always curious
and interested in experiencing and learning new things. I have
traveled often over the years. Favorite trips have included
exploring old cemeteries and courthouses in the Midwest, as part of my
search for my family history. I have always felt that there are
never enough hours in a day!
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