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 starting 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, air brushed, hand-stamped, and screen printed. In 1994, Debra and Michael began designing fabric for Robert Kaufman Company.