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| Biography for Sue Hobson Sue started sewing before she went to school coming from a family where embroidery, needlepoint and tailoring flourished. In 2003, to finish some curtains, she visited a quilt shop in Naples and on seeing the display of quilts she was hooked! Quilting lessons began during several vacations in Florida and she submitted her first quilt to a show in England. She was accepted into the National Quilting Association Program for the Certification of Quilt Judges in 2008 and hopes to become fully certified in 2012. Sue spends up to six months in Naples, Fl and the rest of her time in England where she lives in a small village near Bath. In Bath she works as a docent in the Quilt Room of the American Museum in Britain which is famous for its collection of American Quilts. In 2011 the museum celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. As part of the year’s events the museum made a commemorative quilt to which Sue was technical consultant. As well as helping the museum’s large number of visitors understand “quilting” and American Decorative Arts she also gives lectures and talks about the museum’s quilt collection to quilt guilds. Since retiring early from her career as a Medical Biochemist she is able to spend more time quilting. For part of this time she makes and sells children’s quilts to help raise funds for local hospitals. She also enjoys travelling and can be relied upon to find a fabric store anywhere in the world! |