Meet Sue Garman, the creator of our fabulous Block of the Month "Bouquets for a New Day" quilt.  Sue grew up in the aerospace industry, was trained as a CPA, and started her career by negotiating multi-million dollar contracts for NASA.  She married a NASA engineer that she met in Houston's Mission Control Center during a simulation of the first trip to the Moon.  While she loved working for an agency focused on exploration and discovery, she retired three years ago as Associate Director for the Johnson Space Center in Houston, having also served as Deputy Chief of Staff for NASA in Washington, DC. She is dedicated to supporting her community and serves on the board of directors of several local foundations.

Sue's years with NASA and its contractors never separated her from quilting, though.  She always regarded quilting as her daily "therapy".  As soon as she could thread a needle, her grandmother taught her to make crazy quilts; she literally does not remember a time before quilts.  Her quilting career started long before she left NASA - a local quilt shop had seen several of her quilts back in the 70's, and invited her to make patterns and teach.  That's where it all began - and where she continues today.  Her favorite venue is applique, but she also loves making complex, intricately pieced quilts.  You will rarely see her without a needle in hand - which explains how she finished over 20 quilts a year ago.  She simply has a passion for the art of quilting! 

On a side note, we wanted to let you in on a little secret.  We met with Sue in October while working at Quilt Festival in Houston,TX.  At that time she had drawn three block designs for us to review.  By the end of November Sue had completed the entire quilt top as well as the introduction and patterns for January and February.  We have been absolutely amazed at the amount of work and detail she had put into this project for our TQS members.  Hats off to a great quilt artist!! To learn more about Sue Garman click here.