When the Friendship Quilters of Linthicum gather for their meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, they will hear from a woman who has been creating quilts for 27 years.

Deb Tucker, who will be the guest speaker at the meeting at St. John Lutheran Church, 300 W. Maple Road, got her inspiration for quilting in 1981 when she saw a display in a window.

"Hundreds of quilts later, she shares her journey with fellow quilters," Allison Bachmann with the Friendship Quilters wrote in a recent e-mail.

Ms. Tucker has worked as the pattern editor of Quilting Today and Traditional Quiltworks magazines and served as teacher and judge for...