About Debra & Michael

Creators for
Timeless Treasures Fabrics

Debra Lunn has been making quilts since 1963. While in graduate school in textile design in 1976 at the University of Minnesota, she began hand-dyeing fabrics for use in her own quilts. Debra's quilt, Counterpoint, was the first and only piece in Quilt National '79 (the first exhibition) that was made of hand-dyed fabrics. Debra's personal art quilts which feature hand-dyed fabrics that are made at Lunn Fabrics have continued to be included in national and international juried and invitational exhibitions.

In 1988, Debra started hand-dyeing fabrics in gradations to sell to other quiltmakers. In 1991, Debra met Michael Mrowka, and they joined together in the endeavor of Lunn Fabrics (and also as personal mates). Working together, Lunn Fabrics expanded to produce fabrics that are hand-dyed, hand-painted, airbrushed, hand-stamped, and screenprinted. Michael, a sculptor painter and a journeyman printer of 20 years (on paper), has streamlined production and invented new techniques and patterns.

In 1994, Michael and Debra began creating innovative lines of commercially printed fabric designed especially for quiltmakers, including Pointillist Palette, Natural Creations, Vibrations, Prima Materia and DYE IT!

In 1998, Debra and Michael took a break from commercial production and for the next several years focused on producing “one of a kind” art fabrics and their personal art. Together, they are collaborating on a series of whole cloth and pieced art quilts.

In September 2003, Lunn Studios met Timeless Treasures and an exciting new endeavor was born! Together, they are creating all sorts of wonderful new fabrics designed especially for the quilter. Inner Light Gradations and Optical Illusions are just the beginning.

Debra and Michael’s new quilting fabrics for Timeless Treasures are featured on the CreativeQuiltIdeas web site.