I’m Janice Ryan and I live in Los Angeles with my husband, 2 children and 4 cats (I’m not sure who creates more havoc when I try to sew—the children or the cats). Despite the Cali address and Irish name, I swear that I am genuine Pennsylvania Dutch (and, no, that is not the same as Amish—feel free to ask me about this!). I’ve been sewing for as long as I can remember (some of my early memories are of my mom and I designing and sewing clothing for my dolls). In my former life (that would be pre-kids), I lived the vagabond life of a costume designer for regional theater, got my MFA in Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon, and then rode off into the sunset to become a costumer for TV and film in sunny California. Although I’ve had a long-time love affair with my sewing machine (I love it enough that my detour into the dark world of bridal alterations didn’t sway me), I didn’t catch the quilting bug until I was pregnant with my son, 4 years ago. In all my free time (ha!) I also enjoy fixing up our 1927 English Tudor home, unapologetically indulging in chick-lit, and exploring my family tree.
Thanks for checking out my blog! Be sure to leave a comment, so that I can stop by your blog!
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I thoroughly enjoyed you Over the Rainbow mini quilt and checked out your blog. Of course, I subscribed because I love your work! Thank you for sharing.
I LOVE your scrappy lone star quilt – I was readig in your blog of part 2 that said you were going to post on how to increaase the size of this quilt. Have you ever posted that? I am new to your site and have started trying to find more information. Also love the full star in the quilt you were going to teach a class on. Any chance you have that pattern available if we are not able to attend the class? Thanks for any help! Your quilts are amazing!
Michelle
Hi Janice, I’m actually not here to add my name to the growing list of people wanting to win your quilting book, but just wanted to say that I’m pleased I found you through the Sew, Mama, Sew giveaway and I really love your blog name. I’ll be following you through Bloglovin’, and I’m looking forward to reading your blog updates. Your introduction is very intriguing, it sounds like you lead a very interesting life.
That should have read ‘quilting blocks’, but I’m sure you knew that already.