When Terry was a little girl, she loved to play at her grandparents farm in Peace Creek, Kansas. She learned about the simple pleasures of farm life, and the trials and tribulations of a Kansas homestead.... and she learned how to sew.

Terry Clothier Thompson is a quilt artist, pattern designer, teacher, writer and historian. Her teaching series, "Remaking History: Classes with Content"are more than "how to" courses, they are history lessons. The same is true of her patterns, each one has it's own story.

"During the twentieth century it may be argued that Kansas women have done more than follow others; they have led the way and developed trends that have created various national styles... Carrie Hall, Rose Kretsinger, Scioto Imhoff Danner and Terry Thompson are a few of those whose patterns have achieved deserved national circulation, giving the state its well-deserved reputation as 'quilt country.'"

From Kansas Quilts & Quilters
by University Press of Kansas 

Terry is a quilt artist, writer, historian, pattern designer and fabric designer for Moda. She served as one of the principal documenters for the Kansas Quilt Project and her chapter on conversation prints is included in the book, Kansas Quilts and Quilters, University Press of Kansas. Terry is available for programs and workshops featuring her new books, Made in America by the Daughters of Liberty, 1776-1830, and Prairie Quilts & Pioneer Stories, Quilts & Stories from the Peace Creek Homestead, and her newest book, The People of the Plains. Terry has added a new feature to her appliqué class.

The history of women and quilts go hand and hand. I now present my workshops with historical readings based on current quilt research and women's journals. As we sew, we also learn about the women, fabrics, political and economical influences on the quilts made in England and America in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The goal of my classes goes beyond teaching "how to" techniques. Students will also gain a deeper understanding of the history behind our heritage quilts, which makes the "making" process so much more meaningful.