Robyn Pandolph came to the quilting world in a modest way.  Like many of us, she grew up with a mother and grandmother who quilted and sewed, and she always had an interest in fabrics and design.  As a stay-at-home mother of four, Robyn was too busy caring for her children and home schooling to find much time for recreation or a career, yet she always made her own clothes, slipcovers and more.  It wasn't until 1993, when her children were a little older, that she decided to take some time for herself and learn more about quilting.  She joined the Lakeview Quilting Guild for fun.

Design just came naturally to Robyn.  "I always designed my own clothes, so when I started quilting, I just made my own designs up for that too.  Soon I was asked to teach at a local quilt shop."  The more she taught, the more she was asked to design, so in 1994 she came up with a new idea, and the Folk Art Angel Appliqué Block of the Month began.  Although block-of-the-month programs hadn't even been introduced at Quilt Market, her kit really took off.  Robyn's designs took off and she soon launched her own company to keep up with demand creating nearly 40 different quilts the following eight or nine years.

Her life really changed in 1997 when she brought her Folk Art Wedding Quilt to Market.  Every single fabric in the quilt had been over-dyed or bleached by hand and the end result was a soft original sophisticated look that was a tremendous hit with just about everyone.  She received her first offer to become a fabric designer right on the spot and has been producing her own lines ever since.

Today, Robyn has entered into a new fabric design agreement with manufacturer South Sea Imports and is focusing all of her efforts on her new line.  She says the relationship in a very positive one, and she feels she has been given tremendous support as well as free rein to express her creativity.

*Photo and excerpt from Quilting Professional Issue 9