Tara Faughnan is a professional freelance textile designer and quilter living and working in Oakland, CA. Her practice with fibers began in 2001 with the 1931 edition of 101 Patchwork Patterns by Ruby Short McKim. Before receiving guidance from a woman at her local quilt shop, tools such as: rotary cutters, rulers or plastic templates were foreign to her practice. Tara’s career grew through the discovery of the endless explorations of color interaction and intuitive moments where she continues to create balance between harmony and discord.