About

Ellen has spent most of her life teaching, writing or working with fabric, and now she’s come to a point where all occupations blend. She grew up in Streator, IL and went to college at Knox College in Galesburg, Il and did some graduate studies at Boston State University. She began quilting in response to a gift from a neighbor who saved a quilt top from one of her mother’s cleaning fits, and gave it to her, quilted, once she was grown. It was such an inspiration that she has been quilting ever since. She has taught for quilt guilds and conferences across the country, a series of fiber art courses called Thread Magic, covering all kinds of machine embroidery techniques for quilters.

She recently married Don Bowers and moved to Galesburg to live with him. They have three cats and two greyhounds.

Her quilt, Dancing in the Light was acquired in June 2010 by the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.

Thread Magic Garden is now available from C&T Publishers. Her first book, Thread Magic- The Enchanted World of Ellen Anne Eddy, has proved to be a classic text on free motion and fiber art. Recently Ellen has started her own publication company, Thread Magic Studio Press, and has published six books. The Town of Torper and the Very Vulgar Day Lily has just been released. Other titles include Tigrey Leads the Parade, Dragonfly Sky, Ladybug’s Garden, Quick and Easy Machine Binding Techniques, and the Dye Day Workbook .

She also publishes both Don’s and her own fiction books through TMS Publishing. His series of Christian historical alternative fiction is set in Galesburg, IL in the 1920s. and offers a view of old Galesburg, mixed with miraculous help. According to His Purpose is available on Amazon.com. With Patience Wait, Conformed to the Image, and To the Praise of His Glory are all available in print and for Kindle.

She has written for numerous fiber arts publications, including Quilting Arts, American Quilter, and Quilter’s Newsletter, Threads and Fiber Arts.