Swan Sheridan - Swan Amity Studios

Swan Sheridan lives in Tucson, Arizona with her super hero husband and teenaged daughter.  She has a passion for all things textile and has dabbled in everything from spinning wool to dying fiber.  In 2001, Swan made her first quilt in preparation for the birth of her first nephew.  In the interests of covering a mistake in that first project, she used a little applique at the center of the project and perhaps it was that combination of piecing and applique that acted as a catalyst.  Quilting has been the preferred obsession, ever after.<br/><br/>Swan began designing her own quilts from the beginning, making patterns on freezer paper and working to figure out her pieces from scratch.  In 2009, with her daughter in preschool, Swan began to refine her applique skills and set out to push her skills to the limit, but always with unique designs.  Soon after she took a job with Bella Quiltworks in Tucson, offering her the opportunity to be immersed in the quilting world in a whole new way. <br/><br/>Swan began producing patterns for sale in early 2013 and regularly exhibits her work in local and national shows.  She teaches in Tucson and around the country, offering classes in appliqué, color, machine quilting, painting, and decorative stitches.<br/><br/>On any given day, you can find this quilt artist half buried in fabric, brandishing her needle and thread, and otherwise surrounded by implements of creativity.