Jinny Beyer is by far, my favorite quilt artist. I took a class with her once and it was amazing. The class was on Soft Edge Piecing.
Oh yeah, the question- hmmm....... uh, Jinny Beyer :D and the other one- Elizabeth Berg, Pat Conroy ( a girl version hehe) Dickens, Anna Quindlen, or any good writer. I would love to be able to write something that would touch peoples' hearts and souls.