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Gayle Bong has been an avid designer and quilter since 1981. In 1988, she began teaching classes on the art of quilting, specializing in adapting the latest rotary-cutting techniques to 60° shapes.

In her first book, Infinite Stars, used these angles in six pointed star designs. Her second book, Trouble Free Triangles, used the equilateral triangles in triangular patchwork blocks. Now she combines 30° and 60° angles in square blocks with a technique she calls Thirtysomething. Two companion books just hint at the design possibilities from this concept. Now she’s begun work on another Thirtysomething book to include over 100 different blocks.

Gayle started traveling nationally in 1990 to share her passion for quilting with others.  In her classes, technique skills are combined with efficient time management skills to assist her students in completing all the quilts on their to-do list. She moves continually from student to student and shares as much info as possible during the session. Students report her instructions are very clear.  Being a designer at heart, she encourages students to use her designs as a jumping off point and  add  their own creative ideas to their project.

Gayle lives with her husband, Mark, in rural Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In her spare time she enjoys gardening and hiking in the fields and wooded hills around her home in the country.