Lauretta Crites is a pattern designer, award winning quilter and costume designer. She loves to help others unlock their creativity. Lauretta has won awards at IQA Houston, PIQF and the Road to California quilt shows. Her work has appeared in Quilters Newsletter Magazine, IQA Journal and Quilting Arts.

When not in the studio she travels the country as one half of "A Couple of Old Broads" selling her original quilting and sewing patterns and is always looking for an excuse to have fun. www.laurettacrites.com, www.coupleofoldbroads.com