Connie Tesene

Connie Tesene and Mary Tendall Etherington have been business partners at Country Threads since 1983. The business started as a wholesale quilt-pattern company that soon expanded into a retail quilt shop on Mary's small farm in north central Iowa. Together they have published more than 20 quilt-pattern books and over 800 individual patterns. Their designs have appeared in "American Patchwork and Quilting, Quilt Sampler", and several other national craft magazines.

Connie Tesene and Mary Tendall Etherington have been business partners at Country Threads since 1983. The business started as a wholesale quilt-pattern company that soon expanded into a retail quilt shop on Mary's small farm in north central Iowa. Together they have published more than 20 quilt-pattern books and over 800 individual patterns. Their designs have appeared in "American Patchwork and Quilting, Quilt Sampler", and several other national craft magazines. See less