Vanessa Goertzen has been a pattern designer since 2010, when she started up a quilting blog and pattern shop called Lella Boutique. Her patterns are currently distributed by United Notions, Checker Distributors, and Brewer Quilting & Sewing Supplies. She has designed five fabric collections for Moda and has a sixth collection forthcoming. She’s had her work published in American Patchwork & Quilting, McCall's Quilting, and McCall's Quick Quilts.