Susan Briscoe is a leading expert in the traditional Japanese sewing
technique, Sashiko. She was first introduced to sashiko in the early 1990s
while teaching English in northern Japan where she learned the technique and
studied the history of patchwork and quilting. Susan has published numerous
patchwork and quilting books and her quilt designs have been published in
quilting magazines, including Popular Patchwork, Patchwork and Quilting and
Fabrications.