AnneMarie ChanyAuthor, Pattern DesignerAnneMarie Chany began quilting in 2006, teaching herself to thread a machine at the same time. It quickly turned into a passionate hobby and, in 2010, she started her quilt pattern company, Gen X Quilters (genxquilters.com). Quilting marries creativity and precision, the perfect combination for her as a trained engineer. AnneMarie is the founder and former president of the Columbus Modern Quilt Guild (now the Columbus Modern Quilters). She teaches at local quilt shops and enjoys presenting lectures for guilds on modern quilting. She has appeared on Quilting Arts TV, and her designs are published in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Quiltmaker's Quilts from 100 Blocks, Fons & Porter's Easy Quilts, American Quilter Magazine,Generation Q Magazine and Modern Quilts Unlimited. Sister Sampler Quilts is her first book. AnneMarie lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and three sons.