Yuan Xu is a graphic designer living in New York, where her work is inspired by both nature and urban living. She works with various mediums including watercolors, and pen & ink. Before she discovered the world of surface pattern design she worked as a web and graphic designer in the retail industry. Since then she has created a line of handmade stationery and greeting cards, Lemon Drop Papers, Inc., featuring hand crafted tiny envelopes and her signature illustrations. Luckily for quilters, she now designs her own fabric collections.