Who’s Who in Pieced Together Janet Hill

Janet Hill was born and raised in Hawaii – in a little town called Hana, Maui.  She left the island to go to graduate school at the University of Illinois – studying social work.  She traveled with a friend who was going to school in California and got a job and stayed in the Bay Area.  She was a Social Services Foster Care and Adoption Social Worker for the County of Alameda.  Janet also was an investigator for the juvenile court – investigating child abuse and neglect.

Janet traveled in Portugal to visit her family’s roots (she is involved in genealogy). She visited the church where her grandfather was baptized and  married.

Married to the most wonderful man in the world, they have three children, two girls and a boy and three grandchildren. They also have one great-grandson, Logan. He just turned one on June 21^st . 

 Janet’s mom was a quilter – mainly the traditional Hawaiian quilting. She and her sister helped with the quilting. Living in a small village, she grew up with sewing and quilting and crocheting.  After Janet’s father passed away, her mother realized she hadn’t taught her daughter to quilt from beginning to end so only then took the time to show them the whole process.

When she retired in 1989 she joined Kathy’s class. Janet dropped out two or three years because her Yoga class conflicted, but went back to San Lorenzo Adult School shortly before Kathy became ill.  She was in Wednesday afternoon class and Betty Collier brought her to Pieced Together Quilters.

Gardening and reading are Janet’s other hobbies. She loves the murder mysteries. 

A little known fact about Janet is she had a “Sister” doll dressed in a habit and wanted, for a short time to be a Catholic sister.