Fresh Cut Quilts

Quilt and pattern designer Kari Ramsay of Fresh Cut Quilts Pattern Co. has been pursuing art and design nearly all her life. As a child she loved to sit at her mother’s side and watch her paint and sew. She soon began learning to paint from her mom and then continued on to sewing lessons. Her passion for creative design continued throughout her young life as she dabbled in photography, calligraphy, graphic art, pottery, sewing, drawing and painting.

Kari attended the University of Oregon and majored in Fine and Applied Art. While there she met her future husband and they eventually married and moved to Utah. In Utah, Kari became a professional floral designer, and for over ten years designed and created floral arrangements and wedding flowers for many of Northern Utah’s elite customers. When Kari had her first child in 1999, she left floral design for motherhood and began sewing for her family.

Quilting soon became a passion for Kari and she began creating her own quilt designs with hopes of turning these designs into a business of her own one day. Fresh Cut Quilts Pattern Co. began in 2007 with little more than a few designs and a big dream. She named the business “Fresh Cut” as a play on words from her love of floral design, flowers, and her idea that quilts should be “fresh” and unique. Her business soon took off, and she continues to design patterns for the quilting industry.

Kari published her first quilting book in May 2010 and will be releasing her second fabric line “Daisy Dance” with Henry Glass Fabrics in the spring of 2011. She continues to live in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Utah with her husband and children.