Author Bonnie Sabel

BONNIE SABEL Bonnie was born in Michigan, spent her young adult years in Southern California, and has lived in the Northwest for over thirty years. She has a B.S. in Management, and recently retired from an accounting career. Her heart has always belonged to designing with fabric. It was her good fortune in life to have a favorite Aunt who is an artist and quilter. Her Aunt Sylvia is a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute; over the years she encouraged Bonnie to craft and sew, and see things with an artist’s eye. Bonnie’s quilting friend, Judy Foster, also gave significant encouragement over the years. In the 1980’s, several pieces of Bonnie’s original “wearable art” were juried into national shows, including two appliquéd butterfly jackets that were juried into the prestigious annual “Designed to Wear” event for the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts. During the 1990’s, her focus was more on quilting bed-sized quilts and original wall quilts. The wall quilt mentioned in the description of “Mauna Loa” was selected for a Viewer’s Choice Award at the Northwest Quilter’s Show the year it was made. Many pieces of her original Wearable Art and Art Quilts have been sold at shows and galleries.

The design and actual construction of the postcards, along with the written descriptions and instructions were done by Bonnie.

Bonnie lives in Vancouver, Washington, near her daughters.

"Co-author," Louis-Philippe O'Donnell (Phil), a retired engineer/entrepreneur, lives in Manzanita on the Oregon coast.