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Staci Brooke

Staci Brooke

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Staci's work combines: Art, Education, and Communicating / Sharing Stories

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Day In The Life

Fiber Artist

I create healing stories out of fabric, and then I quilt them and write the story.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Ethnic Studies

    Whitman College

  • Graduate Degree

    Library and Information Science

    Texas Woman's University

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Craft Artists:

High School

Bachelor's Degree: Sociology, General

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Life & Career Milestones

My path in life took a while to figure out

  • 1.

    I saw college as a time to explore. Eventually, I created a major exploring humanity. Gender Studies.

  • 2.

    Divorced and working as a secretary, I decided a Reference Librarian made a better, happier living.

  • 3.

    Then the economy crashed, and I couldn't get a job. I lived on credit, and took a quilting class.

  • 4.

    Then I went bankrupt, got really sick, found work in a real library, and stayed sick for years.

  • 5.

    Eventually, I lost my job and asked: "What have I always wanted to do that I can do from my bed?"

  • 6.

    So I sat in my bed, thought about and started piecing together a story quilt.

  • 7.

    Then I made a couple more. And people wanted to buy them. A friend asked to sell them in her store.