Katie Clark Blakesley lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and two children. She is the past president of the Washington, D.C., Modern Quilt Guild and has received two awards for her academic writing. Her quilt work has been featured in several publications.

Lee Heinrich, a former graphic designer, has been quilting and sewing since 2008. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with her husband and two daughters. Lee's quilts and other sewing projects have been featured in several magazines as well as on her blog.

Faith Jones lives in Chicago with her husband and children and has been sewing for over twenty years. Through social media, she has created an online following that generates over 200,000 page views a month on her blog. Her patterns can be found in several publications.