{"id":2,"date":"2009-08-11T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T02:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-09-09T21:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T02:28:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/2013-ad-template_business1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1574\" title=\"Handi Quilter ad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/2013-ad-template_business1-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/2013-ad-template_business1-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/2013-ad-template_business1-759x1024.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have quilted for clients for nearly fourteen years, but I have quilted for much of my life. I learned to sew over 40 years ago.\u00a0 I am not your typical quilter though as\u00a0 I \u00a0have college degrees in mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and nearly 20 years of professional engineering experience.\u00a0 When this profession proved too challenging to juggle the needs of 3 kids, I bought a long arm quilting machine and started my business.\u00a0 I now quilt for clients all over the US and Canada. Several times a year, I also travel to national quilt shows to teach my passion and talents to other eager quilters. I continue to also create my own works of art. These quilts are on display in many venues each year, and have earned numerous top awards.\u00a0 I have published dozens of articles in quilting magazines, and have five published books to my credit. I&#8217;d love the opportunity to help you finish one of your quilts.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some quick links&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have quilted for clients for nearly fourteen years, but I have quilted for much of my life. I learned to sew over 40 years ago.\u00a0 I am not your typical quilter though as\u00a0 I \u00a0have college degrees in mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and nearly 20 years of professional engineering experience.\u00a0 When this profession proved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4062,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/4062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainelyquiltsoflove.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}