Discusses how to use computer technology to assist in designing quilts, describes and evaluates quilt-design software, and provides a list of Web sites of interest to quilters
Judy Heim writes a regular column for PC World magazine, the most widely read computer magazine in the world, and has been an avid needlecrafter for 30 years. She has written for Family Circle, C|Net, Newsweek, PC/Computing, Cosmopolitan, and needlework magazines like Quilter's Newsletter and Sew News. The author of the highly-acclaimed
The Needlecrafter's Computer Companion and
Internet for Cats (both No Starch Press), she lives in Madison, WI.
Gloria Hansen has won many significant quilting awards nationwide during her 15 years as a quilter. She is a frequent contributor to Art/Quilt Magazine and writes the "High-Tech Quilting" column for The Professional Quilter. She has self-published quilt patterns, and her quilts, designs, and hand-painted fabrics have appeared in magazines such as Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, FiberArts, McCalls Quilting, and Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilting. Also a contributor to The Needlecrafter's Computer Companion, she lives in central New Jersey.