--- title: "About PhoebeMoon and Scrapdash" date: 2019-09-20 author: "Phoebe Moon" featured_image: "https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/phoebe-moon-designs.jpg" --- # About PhoebeMoon and Scrapdash ![Picture of Kris Driessen](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/kris.jpg) Who is the Scrapdash quilter? It’s me, Kris Driessen! I started sewing when I was a young whippersnapper, learning from my mother and grandmother. I made my first quilt when I was 16 as a wedding gift for a friend. Looking back, it was AWFUL, but I was proud of it at the time. I’m too afraid to ask my friend if she still has it. I began my love of antique quilts and vintage textiles at Hartwick College in Oneonta NY. There I was able to study women’s history and I quickly realized how much their lives were reflected in cloth. I started collecting old damaged and destroyed quilts so I could study the fabric and construction techniques. Later I did quilt restoration, using the fabric from those donor quilts. I still believe that the best way to learn is by touching and examining. If you ever attended [one of my workshops](http://krisdriessen.com), you will find yourself handling items that are hundreds of years old. ![Kris and the Quiltbus](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/American20Profile11.jpg) I started traveling and teaching with the [Quiltbus](http://web.archive.org/web/20051230073205/americanprofile.com/issues/20040321/20040321_3778.asp) in 1996. My husband and daughter would work on the bus while I taught at the guild, museum, or historical society that had hired us. If you would like to hear more of the Quiltbus story, visit [A Quilters Life Podcast. ](https://aquilterslife.com/episodes/kris-driessen/)You will get to hear my voice! During that time I came up with a number of innovative piecing techniques – well, okay, maybe I figured them out from the quilts I took apart. I used them as the basis for the classes and talks I gave. Those were extremely creative days. I have since retired from traveling and teaching but I am still blogging! I started doing online quilt mysteries in 2004 and from that grew [PhoebeMoon Quilt Designs.](https://scrapdash.com) I named this line of patterns for the brightest and most inventive of all the goddesses in Greek mythology. These patterns are also available at [Connecting Threads](https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=761208&u=1512603&m=60894&urllink=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Econnectingthreads%2Ecom%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dphoebe%2Bmoon&afftrack=) and [Etsy.](https://phoebemoondesigns.etsy.com) We do sell wholesale at [PhoebeMoon Designs](https://scrapdash.com/home/wholesale-quilt-patterns/) and distribute them through [Brewer Sewing Supply](https://aquilterslife.com/episodes/kris-driessen/) and [Faire](http://faire.com/direct/phoebemoondesigns). Ask for them at your Local Quilt Shop. I do love doing the quilt mysteries and tutorials that you find on the blog. It’s a lot of fun to see what people do, and the progress they make with the tutorials. I really enjoy your pictures (hint, hint) and I have been known to send squishy thank-yous to people who include their home addresses. --- Don’t forget to [sign up for the newsletter](https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f8adbd81bb8f6fac9fad95f)! Once a week, I send updates on quilt-related information I have found while wandering the web. This might be an inspiring article, a tip or tutorial I have discovered (or written), and occasionally exclusive offers & discounts as well as immediate access to the secret page of free patterns, guides, and printables. You can [follow my page on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/phoebemoondesgins/), or join the [Make Believe Quilters](https://www.facebook.com/groups/makebelievequilters/) group, too.