137:, quilter, author, teacher and lecturer. Considered by the quilting industry and the publishing media to be of the first designers to form a fabric collection suited to the needs of quilters, she began her career in India after she had run out of yarn. Beyer's works have won awards in the print media, and she has written about the history of quilting and her techniques. She has designed collections for fabric companies, and has taught and lectured on the subject domestically and internationally. Beyer was inducted into the
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in 1984 to honor her "outstanding contributions to the world of quilting". In 1995, Beyer was made a recipient of the annual Silver Star Award at the
International Quilt Festival "to honor a person who is active in the quilt world today, and whose work presents a lasting influence on today's quilting
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and RJR Fabrics credited her for being one of the first designers to form a fabric collection suited to the needs of quilters. Beyer uses high-technology computer programs to produce new designs, and used color shading techniques; she told her students to eschew this method in favor by doings their
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America, she sought a new project after she had run out of yarn. Beyer was given a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt pattern, and cut her first quilt into 600 hexagons of Indrian fabrics in the colors dark blue and deep red. Upon returning to the United States, she learned quilting on the
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She was the first quilter to have her independent line of fabrics after she began designing for V.I.P. by
Cranston fabric, and introduced the Jinny Bayer Collection for RJR Fabrics in 1985. Beyer had designed more than 2,000 fabrics by 2000, and averaging four to six collections every year. She
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and the future of the art", and the
International Quilt Market named her the winner of the Michael Kile Award of Achievement to recognize her "commitment to creativity and excellence in the quilting industry" the following year. Her Ray of Light quilt was selected as one of
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top and binding; Beyer was unable to locate another quilter before she came across a meeting held by Hazel Carter near her residence, and showed them a navy-colored Indian
Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt top, which they praised. Carter encouraged Beyer to enter the 1976
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filmed three videos on quilting between 1987 and 1991, and works as a teacher locally and internationally in countries such as Asia, Australia, New
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on July 27, 1941, to artist Polly Kahle and has three sisters. The family later moved to
California, and she was taught knitting and sewing by her mother from an early age. Beyer graduated from the
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