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About Kathleen WhitingNatalia Whiting Bonner

Natalia Whiting Bonner has enjoyed piecing quilt tops for more than twenty years. She learned how to quilt on her conventional home machine. She felt good about it but decided that if she really wanted to take her quilting to the next level she needed to invest in a longarm machine. In 2007 when she was pregnant with her daughter she got the crazy idea to quit her job as a dental assistant and become a longarm quilter. Without really knowing what a longarm machine was she spent a day at a longarm dealers shop and walked out after purchasing a Gammill machine. Natalias passion for quilting and being creative has grown each day since. Shortly after her purchase Natalia began blogging at piecenquilt.blogspot.com and blogging became her connection with other quilters and fellow work-at-home moms. By 2009 her quilting business had grown and it was time to leave the tiny poorly lit bedroom where she had been doing all her quilting. Natalia moved into a studio at her parents home and with the inspiration of her mother Kathleen Whiting she has realized that the sky is the limit. Whether its working on an intense show quilt or a simple baby quilt Natalia has become a real quilting addict. She has won numerous awards for her work and has been featured on Moda Bake Shop in Quiltmaker Magazine and American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine and in books such as Fresh Fabric Treats: 16 Yummy Projects to Sew from Jelly Rolls Layer Cakes & More with Your Favorite Moda Bakeshop Designers and Modern Blocks: 99 Quilt Blocks from Your Favorite Designers (both from Stash Books an imprint of C&T Publishing). Kathleen Jasperson Whiting has been sewing for as long as she can remember. Her mother and grandmother always had a quilting project going on so naturally quilting became part of her life. Kathleen is from Boise Idaho and has lived the past 35 years in a small town in the Utah mountains where she raised 5 children and now is grandma to 5 granddaughters and a grandson. Sewing quilting designing and decorating are her passions. In 2010 Kathleen was named the first McCalls Quilting Quilt Design Star. She has won numerous awards for her quilts and her designs have been published in several magazinesAmerican Patchwork & Quilting Fons & Porters Love of Quilting Quiltmaker and McCalls Quilting.