Hi, I am Liuxin (sounds like leo-shin) Newman. I am a quilter. I like to play and luckily, I ended up creating a few sewing tools that have made me quilt better. I am also one of those who can't hold a secret. Over past 15 years, I also found great fun showing others how to quilt. Now I teach full time on my own thimbleladyquilting.com and supply my innovative tools and tutorial videos on thimblelady.com. The peacock quilt in the background is the result of my play to see how fine needle turn applique could be back in 2005.

Along the way, I also discovered great fun in creating good value for customers! So between quilting and teaching, I came up with an easy way to teach you Chinese keywords for English speakers to shop where Chinese buy!

I hope you find great stimulation in my new site, fromchinadirect.com. Try it whether it is for you are interested in saving a bunch of money or simply to keep you far away from Alzheimer's.

On the personal side, you must have guessed it by now, I love fun! My daughter said I can't follow a recipe! I can but why would I? I'd rather the fun of finding a better way! Enough said.

By the way, Thimblelady is the nick name given to me for my invention of the quilting thimble that's eliminated the painful finger pricking for quilters!