As Marian was growing up, she watched her mom cut and sew fabric at the kitchen table every day. Everything she and her mom wore was sewn by mom. And thus a fascination with sewing and fabric began. A college degree in accounting took her in a different direction for a time, but now those skills with numbers only add to her pattern-designing and writing skills. A minor in art gave her an appreciation and love for all forms of art. She started her own company, Pink Hippo Quilts, specializing in original quilt patterns. This later became a springboard to a second business, Quilt St. George, an annual winter quilting retreat in St. George, Utah. Marian grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and now resides near Salt Lake City, Utah. She has 7 children and over 20 grandchildren. pinkhippoquilts.com