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We are a mother and daughter team - Marguerita McManus (mom) and Sarah Raffuse (daughter) together created the quilts and wrote the book. We both live in Alaska, USA and have been quilters for many years. We both love to teach, travel and show off whenever possible. Please contact us if we can teach, entertain and show off for you!Sarah Raffuse
Sarah was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska,USA and she started quilting as a teenager when
she was hired by Karen Tomczak at Quilt Works.
Under Karen's encouragement Sarah learned to
quilt, sew, teach and she eventually attended
Quilt Markets in Houston and Portland.
Sarah graduated from Robert Service High School
in 2000 and married her sweetheart, Ryan Raffuse
in September 2003. In September 2006 they
welcomed to the world their baby daughter, Audrey.
Sarah enjoys being home with Audrey, quilting and watching Homer the bunny get used to having
a crawling baby in the house. Ryan and his dad
manage their family owned business
Anchorage House of Hobbies .
Marguerita McManus Please visit my Blog
Marguerita was born & raised in New England,
and spent some time as a youth living in
Florida and traveling with her aunts Carol &
Doris to Puerto Rico and across the entire
continental United States by railroad. At age
19 she decided to move to Alaska,
and she's been there ever since.
She loves traveling, writing, quilting, fishing, playing pool
and playing with her many pet rabbits.
Marguerita has worked as a bookkeeper, bank teller and cashier, tax collector, administrative officer, payroll clerk, court clerk and recording clerk. She's published quilt design patterns and was a professional longarm quilter for many years, with gratitude and thanks for encouraging that endeavor to Karen Tomczak, Dina Pappas and Trish Stuart.
Marguerita currently lives in Seward, Alaska, USA with her fiance Tom Buchanan, a commercial fisherman and owner of the F/V Dolly B, and their pet bunnies. PS She does not like working on websites, but she loves to blog!
