Featured Quilter
Lisa Hagstoz Calle is a 1991 graduate of Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science with a BS in Textile Management and Marketing. She is currently the sole owner of Stone House Quilting and a partner/designer at Intelligent Quilting LLC, a web based digital and pantograph pattern store. She has a book and DVD “Feathers of a New Generation” and has won numerous awards at MQS, HMQS, Innovations and other shows for her quilting. She was been locally recognized in an art gallery exhibition called “Tradition meets Imagination” with many of her quilts on display. Most recently Lisa was the long arm machine quilter chosen for the prestigious Longwood Garden’s 2009 Christmas quilt. The quilt hung at the entrance for the annual Christmas Season with 1,000s of daily visitors. Longwood’s 2010 holiday quilt is already on Stone House Quilting’s schedule.
After college Lisa spent 6 years working for the Limited Corporation, first for Limited Express and then as a district manager for a new unit, Bath & Body Works. After the birth of her second son in 1999 Lisa gave up her career ambitions to be that “Stay at Home” mom. Quilting had started as a hobby a few years earlier when her oldest son was born. She always enjoyed fabrics and quickly found the hum of a sewing machine to be therapeutic. “My first quilt was a simple rail fence pattern in blues (I know, not very adventurous). Once the top was done, I wrestled the beast into the sewing machine for some crosshatching. I love that quilt for all that it taught me.”
In 2004, with the two boys getting older it was time to start contributing financially again. While working part time at the local quilt shop Lisa found out there were actually people in the business called “long armers”. After much thought and a little convincing of the husband she decided that Long Arm Machine Quilting would be a great business. “We did some research and found the overall quilting industry to be an over $2B annual business.” A room was added in the basement and the first machine was delivered. The machine was then sold a year later to make way for Lisa’s first A-1 Elite. In 2007, a second A-1 was purchased for computerized machine quilting and at the end of 2008 a computer was also added to the second machine.
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Lisa has completed well over 1,000 quilts for some 300 or so customers. “I have several customers now that have been with me from the start and just keep coming back. I have done 50 or more quilts for many of them and appreciate their loyalty. I continue to piece quilts for myself, gifts, and even some competition when time allows. I have the most fun with simple piecing and elaborate quilting.” Lisa just celebrated her 15th wedding anniversary with husband Jon. They have three sons Brandon 13, Noah 10, and Brody 2 as well as a 14 year old Golden Retriever Aspen and 4 year old Black Lab Thurber. Lisa and her family reside in beautiful Chester County, Pennsylvania.
