Ericka and I am the sole proprietor of Plain Jane Patchwork. I am a mother, wife and teacher. My husband and I live in Northern, IL with our son Zeke. We also share our home with our huskie/lab, named Lobo and sheltie pup named Violet. I recently graduated from Rockford College with a BA in elementary education and a minor in art. My background in art really helps me with the design of clothing and the other wares I make on the website. I am currently back at school working on my masters in special education. I guess this whole thing started at my first Grateful Dead show when I was 13. I saw the simple handmade dresses and beautiful jewelry in the lot and I fell in love with the scene. I felt like I had found my family. Back then I was already crafting things like simple jewelry and friendship bracelets. From there I moved on to making hemp jewelry. I started off sewing pouches by hand! I began sewing with a machine around the time I had my son. After I had him, I had this uncontrollable urge to create things. My mom showed me the basics on the sewing machine and it took off from there. I started sewing non stop. My closets were jam packed, and my friends and family had all the patchwork they could stand so I decided to take my wares to the shows I was attending. I sold lots of things to kynd kids in the lot but when the summer was over I still wanted to sew. I stumbled upon patchwork clothing on ebay and decided to give the Internet a shot. When I was in college I took a ceramics class and found my second love, wheel thrown pottery. The wheel helps me to release stress and center me. After I learned how to throw I decided to take up stained glass. My mom and I took a class in the tiny town where we lived and we loved it. Working with glass is very challenging because there is no give in glass like there is with fabric and pottery. My mom taught me how to knit and I took up bead work so keep an eye out for those creations in the future. for coming to my website! Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.

Website: http://www.plainjanepatchwork.com/