Who is Jeffie Johnson?
Jan 15th, 2009 by Isa2
Those of you who have visited my webstore, www.africanfabricsales.com, may have taken the time to browse the appliqué patterns department. Perhaps you have wondered about the woman who originates these designs. With her permission, I will share a brief biography of her efforts.
What was to become SewFabulous grew out of a collaboration between Jeffie Johnson and her mother while they were living in Michigan in 1987. They sold American-made quilts and filled custom orders for quilts prior to adding such items as ethnic clothing, hats, and household items such as napkins, place mats, and Xmas tree skirts to their product line, products they subsequently discontinued in 1992 when SewFabulous was founded.
In 1998, they added African Fancy Print fabrics and applique patterns from the BEGINNINGS Co. with designs by Billie J. Mills, continued to sell their own quilts and quilts from a company called American Quilts on their first website link and by mail order catalog. (That’s around the time when I first encountered them!)
In 2000 SEW FABULOUS re-located to Texas from Michigan and in 2002 they launched their own e-commerce website and web address: www.sewfabulous.com. In 2003 they began to design their own applique pattern product line.
As of 2008 they have about 50 applique and quilt patterns with more to come. They no longer sell African Fancy prints fabrics. SewFabulous participated in the Houston Quilt Festival in 2008 plan on being there next year.
My webstore www.africanfabricsales.com sells 19 of their designs. We wish them well in their product development and distribution and we hope that you will try out some of their wonderful designs.
