Jill was taught to sew by her Grandma, Mom and two older sisters at about 8 years old. With three small children and teaching elementary physical education. She and her mom took their first quilting class together in 1989. Jill has been owner/operator of a large shop called Yellow Creek Quilt Designs since 1992 in a small town in Northwest Illinois, Pearl City. She has designed patterns for almost as long and designed civil war reproduction fabrics for many years. She currently designs fabrics for Robert Kaufman Fabrics. She co-authored two books with her sister Vicki. She's been a contributing designer to the books Splendid Sampler, Blue & White Quilts, Red & White Quilts. She has a solo authored book, Yellow Creek Quilts for Martingale to release August 2022. She’s contributed many projects to Primitive Quilts & Projects magazine.

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