Although some may see quilting as a product of days long past, Johnson uses current technological advances to weave her whimsical patterns together. Johnson, 51, started sewing clothes at the beginning, but quickly switched to the more forgiving art of quilting. She started quilting in 1984, when she saw a poster at a bank advertising a quilting class when she first moved to Watford City. In 1999, her son, Sean August Johnson, died in a car crash and quilting helped her to deal with her grief. Johnson uses quilting to celebrate happy times in life.

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