Mimi AyarsA native of Delaware, Mimi Ayars, Ph.D., calls herself a "hardy Texas transplant." She caught the spirit of quilting in the 1976 revival while living in the Chicago area, once belonging to five guilds concurrently. Her first quilt, STARS AND STRIPES,was selected for a show of bicentennial quilts at the Museum of the American Quilter's Society in 1991. Read More Read Less