Bonnie Leman, the founder of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine in 1969, and a member of the Quilter's Hall of Fame, died over the past weekend.

Back in 1969, there were no quilting magazines as we know them today. I discovered QNM in the mid-70s, when it was still pretty much just that - a newsletter of few pages printed on rough stock with nothing but line drawings. It was a family effort and grew and grew until it evolved into the slick production that is today. Even if you don't like it now, it was a wonderful thing back then.

Thank you Bonnie, for helping to rejuvenate interest in quilting. If there is a quilter's heaven, Bonnie is there waiting for the rest of us.

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Oh NO...SO sad. Thanks for the info.

So sorry to hear that. Thank you for letting us know

Sorry to hear of her passing

Bonie's contributions to the quiltilng world will me missed. She was such a talented lady. I loved reading her columns in QNM.

It's so sad to hear of her passing. What a major contributor to the world of quilting she was. Sympathies to her family and friends. We'll miss you, Bonnie.

Jan in VA

I am really sad hearing this. She and her husband launched a magazine I subscribed to for over 2 decades.
She was a huge influence in my early years of quilting which has continued to this day.
What a great lady in the quilt world!

i can remember looking at some of the first black and white NEWSLETTERS on newspint paper. Thank God for her and her work in the quilting world

So very sorry to hear this, thank you for letting us know

Thanks for letting us know.