Ricky Tims began formal piano lessons at age three and has pursued his musical interests throughout his life as a pianist, composer, and producer. In 1991, while working as a free-lance music producer with a little extra time on his hands, he began to blend his lifelong passion for music with quilting. He made a pieced and appliquéd sampler quilt from a beginner‘s quilting book using an old Kenmore sewing machine given to him by his grandmother. Later that year, he discovered the rotary cutter and began creating contemporary settings for traditional blocks as well as designing his own blocks. Today, Ricky is known worldwide for his improvisational Caveman Style Quilting, precision patchwork, Harmonic Convergence quilts, and most recently, his Rhapsody quilts.
