Lori Holt
Bee In My Bonnet
I’m a small town farm girl who spent her childhood playing in the sunshine on tractors and climbing trees.
I grew up happily immersed in all things domestic. I’m the middle
child of a large family and live closely surrounded by grandparents,
uncles, aunts and cousins.
My mom says that I was practically born with a needle in my hand. My
earliest memories are of sitting underneath the quilting frames and
threading needles for my grandma and great aunts until I eventually grew
old enough to make stitches of my own. As a girl, I spent many happy
hours designing and sewing clothes for my dolls, crocheting and doing
embroidery. My deep love of all needle art comes from the early
influence of my mother and grandmothers, who were my first teachers. Now
I teach others to create and I find joy in using my creativity to make
beautiful things.
I draw inspiration for my designs from the beauty of the earth and
from the love of God and family memories. I am drawn to stacks of
colorful fabrics, pretty papers, aprons, buttons, embroidery, old
dishes, gingham and polka dots, sprinkles and glitter and all things
vintage.
I am married to my best friend and childhood sweetheart and together
we have 3 creative, intelligent children, and a new baby grandaughter.
Life is good! I sew, draw, create, decorate and re-decorate on a daily
basis. I think of myself as the luckiest girl in the world, because I
get to do what I love everyday. I feel blessed to have my own company
called, “Bee in my Bonnet,” which I began in 1994. My wish is that my
designs in both patterns and fabric, will inspire others to create and
will also instill the desire to pass down the valuable lessons of days
gone by taught to us by our mothers and grandmothers.
Contact Me! beeinmybonnet1@yahoo.com
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