Creative_Machine_Embroidery_-_Winter_2019

Angie Steveson of

Lunch Box

Quilts

One year for Christmas, Angie received an embroidery

machine and software, and that’s where the Lunch Box

Quilts journey began. Learning the embroidery machine

and software, Angie started designing quilts and taught

them locally. Soon after teaching locally and winning

someawards,Angiewascontactedbystores asking if her patterns were for sale. In late 2007,

shefoundedLunchBoxQuiltstoshareherpatterns with the rest of the world.

Whatdoyoulovemost

abouttheworkyoudo?

Ofcoursekeepingmyembroidery

machinestitchingis alwaysa

greatday,buttherearesomany

otherLunchBoxQuiltstasksthat

needtobeaccomplishedina

day.Teachingworkshopsis a very

rewardingpartofmybusiness.

I enjoymeetingnewpeopleand

openingtheirworldtomachine

embroideryappliqué.

Wheredoyoudraw

inspiration?

I aminspiredbya lotofdifferent

aspects.TheQuiltasaurusquilt

wasinspiredbysomefabric

I wasshownforanupcoming

QuiltMarket.I thoughtthefabric

lookedlikedinosaurs.I digitized

eightdinosaurswithnamesand

footprints,andQuiltasaurus

wasborn.Naturehasfoundits

wayintomany of my quilts. The

AboutTrout quilt continues to

beoneofthe most popular

quilts.Sometimes my designs are

requestedsuch as Cat’s Meow and

MixedMutts. These quilts were

followedup with Christmas Cats

andHoliday Hounds.

68 CMEMAG.COM | Fall 2019

behind the design