British by birth but after 30 years in the USA now a proud citizen, Catherine and her husband Steve make Naperville, Illinois their home. Their four children are all married and live far enough away that she can’t turn up on the doorstep to check in on the nine grandchildren without warning. Catherine’s love of cutting up paper as a five-year-old has developed into a life-long creative practice that has been centered around fabric since her teens. Her natural curiosity about the world around her makes her vocation as a traveling quilt teacher all the sweeter. She still has a long list of destinations left to explore!