Lauri grew up with a mom that "taught" her how to sew by "unstitching" for her. At a young age she made crafty things from her mom's leftovers of fabric, yarn for knitting, sewing clothes for dolls and as she grew older, she was often in the garage helping her dad build projects. Her paternal side of the family gave her the ability to make and create.  Her grandfather was a blacksmith and used his abilities for his trade and her grandmother who could craft as well both passed their abilities down to their children and grandchildren.

She received her mom's 1957 Elna when her mom purchased a new machine and Lauri used this Elna for many years, making garments for herself and her children.  Similar to many other quilters, after making garments, as her children got older, she entered into the realm of the quilting world.  After purchasing a long arm machine in 2011 she soon became frustrated not finding the type of long arm ruler(s) she wanted, so she started developing and creating her own long arm ruler designs which she made for herself and other quilt friends that either wanted their own quilting patterns made into templates or her designed long arm rulers.

Whether creating long arm rulers, templates, she has also digitized her friend's drawings into digitized designs for their long arm's computer to stitch out on their quilts. 

She enjoys making quilting, "Faster, Easier and Better" for her friends and their projects so they are able to take them from start to finish with less UFO holdbacks.  Templates are a reliable tool to add to your quilting toolbox to enable you to cut fabric, accurately resulting in optimizing your fabric and time.