Arlene Netten, designer of "Fabulous Florals," the inspiration quilt design for the book, French Braid Quilts, lives with her husband in a small mountain town north of Boise, Idaho, a perfect place to quilt, quilt, quilt! She immediately fell in love with quilting when she began in 1994 and her Plumples Quilt Patterns business soon followed. After a lifelong interest in sewing and crafts, she has found that quilting embodies the best of all the creative endeavors and, as a result, it has truly become her passion. Her other passion is her grandson, Ryan, who gives immeasurable joy!