Nancy Mahoney

Author, teacher, fabric designer, and award-winning quiltmaker, Nancy Mahoney has enjoyed making quilts for over twenty-five years, during which time an impressive range of her beautiful quilts have been featured in many books and in over 110 national and international quilt magazines.

Nancy has authored 14 books since 2002, all have been published by Martingale. Her bestselling books include Appliqué Quilt Revival (2008), Ribbon Star Quilts (2008), Quilt Revival (2006), Treasures for the 30s (2010) and Fast, Fusible Flower Quilts (2011), Kaleidoscope Paper-Piecing (2012), Simple Circles and Quick Curves (2013), and Learn to Paper Piece (2016).

Nancy enjoys combining traditional blocks and updated techniques to create dazzling quilts. Not considering herself a specialist in one particular area, Nancy's favorite techniques include precision machine piecing, quilt design, and machine appliqué.

When she's not designing and making quilts, Nancy enjoys traveling to guilds and events around the country, sharing her quilts, teaching her piecing and machine appliqué techniques, and visiting gardens.