Summit Instructors for 2010
Angie Knowles of Thread Needle Custom Interiors, IncSt. Petersburg, Florida
http://www.threadneedleinteriors.com
E-mail: threadneedle@tampabay.rr.com
Angie Knowles is the owner of Thread Needle Custom Interiors, Inc, serving designers and retail clients in St. Petersburg, FL. Angie has been fabricating slipcovers for the past 7 years. She is determined to learn all methods of fabricating slipcovers as well as teach specific techniques to assist others in their jobs.
Claudia Buchanan of Home Fashions UPeoria, Arizona
Websites: http://www.homefashionsu.com
http://www.sewwhat4u.com
E-mail: homefashionsu@gmail.com
Officer of Arizona Window Coverings & Design Association, Window Fashions Certified and a winner of the Slipcover Contest at the 7th Annual Workroom Conference in South Carolina 2003. Claudia teaches and fabricate slipcovers, window treatments, cornices, bedding and any thing else her customers come up with.
Bernice King of By BerniceConcord, Massachusetts
E-mail: ByBernice@hotmail.com
Bernice has been making high end custom window treatments and slipcovers for over 20 years. In her spare time she has been offering 3 day slipcover workshops as well as other home decor sewing classes. After all these years, slipcovers continue to be one of her favorite projects.
Kim Newell of Kims’ Upholstery Shop & Custom SlipcoversW. Lafayette, Indiana
E-mail: kimsupholstery@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.kimsupholsteryshop.com
Kim has owned and operated an upholstery shop in W. Lafayette for the past 11 years. Making custom slipcovers is a small but satisfying part of the business. She offers a series of basic upholstery and home decor sewing classes in her shop, and will host this year's 2010 Upholstery Fair.
Karen Erickson of Slipcover AmericaSnohomish, Washington
E-mail: slipcoveramerica@gmail.com
Website: http:www.slipcoveramerica.com
http://www.homefashionsu.com
Karen has been in the Home Decor education business for 24 years. You will
find her doing half or full day Seminars / Demonstrations of Slipcovering as
well as other home décor sewing at fabric stores, for sewing guilds, professional workrooms or designer groups. In 2006 she began teaching ONLINE classes for www.homefashionsu.com.
Local Host
Anna Davis of Anna's Custom Design
White House, Tennessee
E-mail: anna@annascustomdesign.com
Website: www.annascustomdesign.com, annascustomdesign.blogspot.com
Anna's Custom Design has been serving Nashville and surrounding communities since 1985. Conveniently located in White House, 4 miles from Interstate 65. Certified with numerous organizations such as WAA, WCAA, Drapery Pro, Window Pro, and NAPEW (National Association of Professional & Executive Women). We also are a yardage and quoting specialist and have been IDQ certified. Offering Technical Support for Minutes Matter Online “The Lounge” which helps designers and workrooms with a graphics program.
Linda Wilken of Allen Mardette DesignHermitage, Tennessee
E-mail: allen.mardette@comcast.net
The company was started in 1986 and has three employees.Linda received an Associates Degree of Interior Design in 1994. In 1995 Allen Mardette began working exclusively with interior designers and decorators. Allen Mardette Design specializes in drapery and window treatment fabrication, hard window treatments, bedding, and light upholstery, taking the project from the designer's conception to completion and installation. Linda does presentations to local Women's Groups and has taught window design classes for two years at a local art school. She is an active member of the Tennessee chapter of the WCAA.