Barbara Chojnacki - Six Gables Designs

Barbara Chojnacki of Six Gables Designs, finds the design process endlessly fascinating and never the same. She gets inspiration everywhere. Sometimes it begins with fabric. Two of her favorite quilts began with OPS - Other People’s Scraps! Other times the process begins with sketches on graph paper, a hike in the woods, the title of a book, or even lunch (she once sold a counted cross stitch design of the makings of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich)!

Barbara designs with her customers in mind. She personally stitches every piece herself; if she has difficulty with any design she either finds a better way to do it or scraps the entire design. She also often suggests alternate construction methods.

Barbara lives in Westerly, Rhode Island, and yes, her house has six gables. Her website is at http://www.sixgablesdesigns.com/