Sharla Krenzel first put foot to pedal when she was seven years old in the beginning sewing project in 4-H. Soon she was crafting clothing for herself throughout junior and senior high school, even making her bridesmaids’ dresses for her wedding.

Sharla was in her 30’s before she discovered quilting and thus started her love affair with textiles and how to cut them up and sew them back together – something her husband has never understood! Sharla’s love of fabric, and profession in economic development, led her to open a quilt shop, where she honed her quilting skills, taught classes and began designing patterns.

Now retired, Sharla continues to share her creative talents as a Moda Bake Shop Chef, with her designs featured in four Moda Bake Shop books. Designing under the name Thistle Thicket Studio, her quilting patterns are available on her website, thistlethicketstudio.com, and she connects with her followers on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

When she’s not designing or quilting, Sharla enjoys life on her family’s fifth-generation farm in western Kansas, where she and her husband raise organic wheat.