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Elizabeth Akana began quilting in 1968 in Hawaii and has been a professional quilter since in 1969. She learned to quilt from her friend and neighbor who quilted, and together they started a business selling patterns. Later, the Hawaiian police and…

Karen Alexander is a quilter, but works mainly as a quilt historian. She focuses on researching unknown quilts, and quilters’ genealogy. Her mother-in-law taught her how to quilt in 1980, however she has a long history of quilters in her family.…