Georgia Bonesteel (née Jinkinson; born July 21, 1936)[1][2] is an American quilter.
[7] In New Orleans, Bonesteel auditioned for the role of a seamstress on the Terry Flettrich Show, and won, beating 20 other women in doing so.
[8] In 1969, Bonesteel won an audition with Sears & Roebuck to appear on the TV show Sewing is Fun.
[9] In 1972, Bonesteel moved to Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina with her family, where she began working at Connemara Farms, part of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.
[13] In 2005, with her son Paul, Bonesteel produced the documentary The Great American Quilt Revival.
[3] Bonesteel began teaching at Blue Ridge Community College after a neighbor asked her to take over a sewing class there when she first moved to North Carolina in 1972.
[9] In 1993, Bonesteel was named honorary chairwoman of the Mary Barton Collection in Des Moines, Iowa.