Dina Pappas is an award-winning quilt-maker, shop owner, teacher, lecturer, author, and pattern designer. Her work led to the development of Pellon's Quilter's Grid, a preprinted interfacing for use with watercolor piecing.  Dina is the author of the best-selling books More Quick Watercolor Quilts (June 2001) and Quick Watercolor Quilts (Sept 1999).  The books continue to be a best-seller on Amazon.com's Top 100 quilting books.  Dina's third book, Fast-Forward Your Quilting (Jan 2004), features a new approach to quick piecing traditional quilts. She currently runs an ever-expanding quilt shop, Dina's Cozy Cabin Quilts, in Eagle River, Alaska. 

Dina has appeared as a guest on HGTV's television program, Simply Quilts, episode #628 Watercolor Quilts. Click here for a link to the scheduled air time and date.  The Floral Bordered Heart quilt featured on the cover of Quick Watercolor Quilts is the topic.

For those of you who do not get HGTV you can see Dina on SImply Quilt's at DIY Network.  Click here for dates and times. 

Dina designs quick and easy quilting patterns for all experience levels.  "Make It Quick" patterns use interfacing for accurate results in a jiffy. Her quilts have been published by McCall's Quilting magazine and on the cover of CNA, a trade magazine.

Dina sewed as a girl, but it wasn't until she was engaged to her soon-to-be husband that she made her first quilt.  She crafted a queen size quilt for their wedding present.  After this project, she was hooked and her quilting passion grew as she moved around the country with her Air Force pilot husband.  Dina's quilting was influenced by living in Arizona, California, Washington, Alabama, Michigan, and Alaska.

Dina lives in Eagle River, Alaska, where quilting is not limited to the "long winter nights" but is a year round passion.  Endless summer days produce beautiful flowers for inspiration (and an occasional snack for the neighborhood moose). Dina enjoys her Alaska adventures with her husband Jim and their two sons, Jack and Charley.

Dina now travels around the United States lecturing and teaching. She has led presentations to introduce products for Pellon at Quilt Market and other trade shows. She encourages students to give watercolor quilting a try and enjoys seeing them proud of their work. Quilters across the United States as well as in Canada, Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, and several other countries have purchased her books and patterns.  But the majority of Dina's time is spent closer to home, in her quilt shop helping others create new quilts.