Bonnie Leman

Bonnie Lee Hale Leman (September 28, 1926 — September 4, 2010) was the founder of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, the first quilting-focused magazine in the United States. She was one of the first women magazine publishers in the country and was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 1982. Her parents were Rex and Laura Hale, and she had one brother, Roy.

Bonnie Leman left home at the age of 16 to attend Park University. The templates they sold were reproduced from the collection of Kansas City Star quilt patterns that Bonnie inherited from her mother after she died. Barbara Brackman, and Jennifer Chiaverini.

The magazine ceased publication in late 2016, citing economic reasons caused by a changing market.

Other work In addition to her work on the magazine, Leman was also a freelance writer. She wrote and published books and other publications on the subject of quilt making. She traveled much of the world in the course of her career, and contributed to the growth of the quilt making art in many countries.

Books Quick and Easy Quilting (1972), Patchwork Sampler Quilt, Intermediate & Advanced Lessons in Patchwork (1979) Log Cabin Quilts (1980), Taking the Math Out of Making Patchwork Quilts (1981), Patchwork Sampler Legacy Quilt: Intermediate and Advanced Lesson in Patchwork (1984), – co-author Hands All Around: Quilts From Many Nations (1987), – co-author Quilts: Visions of the World (1988), Choice Scrap Quilts (1994),

Personal life George Leman died in 1986. Leman died in Arvada, Colorado on September 4, 2010, at the age of 83, and was survived by 7 children.