Deborah Fisher

Deborah Fisher is an object and pattern designer, and lifelong maker of handmade things. She is the founder and owner of Fish Museum and Circus, which specializes in charming, quirky, functional objects for the sewing room, maker’s studio, and the creative home.

Fisher is the founder and director of both Bright Hopes Collaborative Quilt Project and Bo Twal, an international doll project. Fisher is the author of Quilt Giving: 19 Simple Quilt Patterns to Make and Give and Sew Fun: 20 Projects for the Whole Family, and the co-author of Sewing Simple Softies. She is a designer of sewing patterns for magazines including Stitch Magazine, Modern Patchwork Magazine, and Making. She has been featured in Uppercase Magazine. Fisher has a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.