I have been doing needlework ever since I could hold a needle. Taught to embroider and knit by my mother, Evelyn Rose Macho, and to crochet by my grandmothers, Mary Fett and Ellen Macho, I started sewing my own clothes at the age of 10, but didn't begin making quilts until I was in my 20's.

I attended Livingston College (Rutgers University) where I earned a degree in Anthropology and then switched to Douglass College where I received a Home Economics degree in clothing, textiles and design. After graduating, I moved to New York City to study fashion at Tobe-Coburn School for Fashion Careers before working as a needlework and crafts editor in both America and England. I taught myself the basics of quilting while working as an editor for McCall's Needlework & Crafts Magazine in New York City. After that, although I edited dozens of books on all types of needlework and crafts for Dover Publications in New York, I always felt that I would rather be quilting.

I met my British husband at a ski resort in Idaho, USA, and since getting married and moving to England, fulfilled my wish to be involved with quilting by writing twelve books, including The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Appliqué  (which was often used as a source book for the British City & Guilds Patchwork & Quilting course), The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting, Quilts Around the Year and Country Quilts.  I have also published books on puppies, babies, crochet, knitting and general crafts (under my maiden name, Linda Macho).

​Since the pandemic, I have become obsessed with photographing the natural world and write articles for local magazines and newspaper on a variety of species. My main passions, however, are fungi and slime moulds.

I live in central London and Oxfordshire with my husband and Border Terrier. Although I've retired from teaching and giving quilt talks, I still work as a freelance quilt judge, writer and nature photographer. Please have a look at the articles and photo features in this website.
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​Portrait (above) by Matt Bigwood.
Photo (right) by Luana Rubin.

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