Gallery: Quilter Dianne Pidde of Arden Hills recently had a quilting studio built in her back yard.
Gallery: Dianne Pidde at work in her quilting studio.
Gallery: Pidde's studio was built to accommodate a long-arm quilting machine.
Gallery: Pidde's quilting studio includes a wall of storage closets.
Gallery: This prize-winning quilt, designed by Pidde, depicts the St. Paul skyline as seen through a stained-glass window.
Gallery: A quilt in Dianne Pidde's studio.
Gallery: A quilt in Dianne Pidde's studio.
Gallery: Quilter Dianne Pidde.
Gallery: Dianne Pidde's quilting studio includes a design wall.
Gallery: Dianne Pidde's quilting studio includes space for displaying the toy sewing machine on which she learned to sew.
Gallery: Camille Meyer in her quilting room in St. Paul.
Gallery: Camille Meyer converted a spare bedroom in her St. Paul home into a quilting room.
Gallery: Camille Meyer's quilting room includes a design wall.
Gallery: One of Camille Meyer's quilts.
Gallery: One of the sewing machines in Camille Meyer's quilting room.
Gallery: A quilting "tool box" in Camille Meyer's quilting room.
Gallery: One of Camille Meyer's vintage sewing machines.
Gallery: Fabric squares waiting to be added to a quilt in Camille Meyer's quilting room.
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