Susan Conn Italo, of Wild Onion Studio, is an award winning pattern designer, wearable artist, and fiber artist. Her Wild Onion Jacket pattern series was designed to allow maximum creativity, with adaptable, easy to construct patterns, flexible enough to interest all skill and interest levels. Susan teaches, lectures, and maintains an active longarm quilting business. An avid hand dyer, her unique eye for color lends appeal to both fabric for sewing and fiber for spinning. Susan's fiber art combines her love of color and surface manipulation, with embellishments and techniques reflecting her concern for the environment.