About Fiberworks & Laura Heine

Montana has always been my home. I moved to Billings from Bozeman to finish my last two years of college. I am actually a registered nurse. 30 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child, I decided to take a quilting class because I wanted to be able to say I’d made one quilt in my life, and I figured once the baby came my chance would be lost! Since then, I have made countless quilts and have had two terrific children, Jenna and Brandon, who are now grown and starting their own families.

When I first started quilting, I took a few classes and bought many books. The first award I won was for the first quilt I made, ‘Country Hearts and Homes’. I took first place in my division at the 1986 Western Heritage Center Show. I was so excited until I looked around and found that I was the only entrant in that division! But still, I was hooked. I learned most of my skills on my own.