From a young age, I always loved to sew. I borrowed my mother’s Singer Featherweight and never returned it. From doll clothes to my clothes and eventually all my mother’s clothes.  I always enjoyed the art of creating something from a piece of cloth. It was only natural that I progressed to quilting in the 1990’s and fell in love with more color and patterns that I could have ever have imagined. I was working full time (in a corporate job) but looked forward to coming home every day to surround myself with fabric and making beautiful quilts.

 

By 2011, I had 35 quilt tops ready to be quilted. I was diligently working on quilting them using my home sewing machine but it was taking weeks to get even one quilt completed.  I rationalized that at the current pace I would be 85 years old before I finished and decided to purchase a Handiquilter Fusion with a Prostitcher. A whole new world opened up to me. So many beautiful designs with the ability to complete a quilt quickly.  Well, the 35 quilts got finished and then I moved on to quilting for friends and for charity. 

 

After 40 years in the Corporate world I retired in the Spring of 2016, moved to Washington State to be close to family and now work full time finishing quilts. I specialize in computer guided edge to edge designs. I have a studio at my home in Washington.  After moving to Gig Harbor in July 2018, I purchased a Handiquilter Forte with a Prostitcher and now have two longarm machines for the business.

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My home is in Gig Harbor in Pierce County, Washington.  Every day I wake up to fresh air, beautiful trees, sounds of the birds and the joy of spending another day quilting on my longarm to help someone “finally complete” their special quilt.

 

Belinda Mayer

Email:  Belinda@ClearCreekCottageQuilting.com

Phone NO. 253-888-3885