About the Author

Karen McTavish has been a fulltime professional longarm quilter since 1997, supporting her family through her craft. She specializes in techniques which allow machine quilters to replicate traditional hand-quilted effects. She has been featured on HGTV's Simply Quilts, PBS's Quilt Central, and writes articles for national quilting magazines and journals. She is the author of Custom Curves, Quilting for Show 1 & 2, Secrets of Elemental Quilting, and Whitework Quilting. She lives in Hayward, Wisconsin.