Carol J. Sulcoski is an attorney turned fiber artist. After the birth of her oldest child, she retired from the practice of law and began knitting in earnest. She is the author of Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarns and co-author of Knit So Fine, (both Interweave Press 2008). Her knitting designs and articles have appeared in Vogue Knitting, Knit Simple, KnitScene, St-Denis Magazine, Knitty.com and other publications. Carol also creates hand-dyed yarns and fibers for her company Black Bunny Fibers, and began her own pattern line in 2009. She lives with her family outside Philadelphia.
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South African born Carolyn attended the Tante Marie School of Cookery in Surrey, England where she had a classical training in French cuisine and gained her diploma with distinction. Subsequently she was chef to TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at Kensington Palace for two years before being offered a position in the household of TRH the Prince and Princess of Wales, where she worked for 11 years. After their separation she remained as executive chef to HRH Prince Charles. She cooked in all the royal residences in the UK and accompanied HRH on many overseas state visits. During this time she worked with many of the UK’s top Michelin rated chefs and spent time working in the kitchens of Michelin restaurants in France and Italy. Since leaving the Royal Household she has worked in Switzerland, the Middle East and in the USA. Carolyn now lives in Oxfordshire, UK with her young daughter.
Sarah was born with a genuine true love of flowers. Even as a young child she made posies in her Grandmothers garden. She studied art, graphics and display. After marrying a French chef, she moved to France where they established and ran their own restaurant. On her return to the UK Sarah completed a long anticipated diploma in Floristry. Whilst freelancing as a florist she was offered a position working in the gardens at Highgrove House, the country home of HRH The Prince of Wales. Several weeks into her new job Sarah found herself doing the flowers for events in the house. The Prince adored Sarah’s natural informal style and he created the position of personal florist for her. Travelling extensively with the Prince, she composed wonderful displays for many royal events. She held this truly unique position for 11 years. Sarah lives in Gloucestershire, UK and she has two grown up daughters.
After successful careers as both ad agency art director and design firm owner/graphic artist/illustrator, Cathe gravitated toward creative blogging and crafting with an emphasis on repurposing, and a passion for vintage style. Inspiring others through her blog, 
Celina is an Argentine textile designer living in the U.S. After leaving the business world to follow her passion for textiles, she’s had a career in the textile and fashion industry for more than 10 years, developing a home collection that reflects her unique lifestyle. She says, “My story is told with my beloved screen printing, the unique designs, and eco-friendly fabrics and notions that I use.” Celina finds inspiration in her travels and in the nature close to her native Buenos Aires. A desire to create more sustainable products led her to find organic fibers and eco-friendly notions. This pairing made possible a product line of hand-screen printed 100% linen (flax), with water based inks, and sewn with organic cotton thread. Original and offered in limited-edition, Celina has produced fully green and handcrafted textiles. Her signature detail is vintage buttons rescued from old clothes and grandmothers’ sewing boxes from around the world. As she says, “I treasure my simple clear-cut linens, and feel satisfaction from working with my hands, while at the same time thinking about future generations.”
Charlotte Lyons designs and makes things in a variety of styles and media. Inspired by the humble simplicity of traditional art and craft, in addition to the inventive use of repurposed materials, Charlotte aims to mix an unfussy playfulness with the vintage charm of handmade keepsakes. Over the years, her work has been featured in her books (Mothers and Daughters at Home, Between Friends), books with Mary Engelbreit and Barbara Martin, and also in magazines such as Country Living, Victoria, Woman’s Day, Better Homes and Gardens and Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion. Currently, she designs for licensing and teaches workshops nationally. Born and educated in St. Louis, Charlotte raised three artistic daughters in a bright pink house in Chicago. Now she and her husband live in the lower Hudson River Valley of New York, happy to have their girls (and their guys) nearby.
Chris retired from a career in marketing communications and advertising to pursue her artistic passion–knitting and texture play. She teaches workshops coast-to-coast for guilds, TNNA, conferences, and shops and in her hometown, Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, she has her own line of knitting patterns available through retail yarn stores.
Her approach to knitting is that the process and the end product should both be a joy, and she designs her patterns with that in mind.
Chris is noted for her Crayon Box Jacket and inventive Ladder Scarf and Ladder Shawl. She encourages knitters to “color outside the lines” where it’s more fun, and to “think outside the box” (she has occasionally been accused of actually not having a box).
Colleen is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, science fiction, and romance. Formerly a student at the University of Arizona, she has worked as a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter for seventeen years. Tiger’s Curse is her first book, which has already received literary praise and digital success. Her self-published eBook claimed the #1 spot on Kindle’s children’s bestseller list for seven weeks. Colleen lives in Salem, Oregon, with her husband and a white stuffed tiger.
The mother-daughter design team of Debbie Murray and Shea Fragoso has been collaborating in creative ways for as long as both can remember. When Shea was growing up, Debbie taught stained glass classes in the community college system and owned a custom design business and fine art painting studio. When Shea finished school, they owned gift shops together in Southern California. Shea became a highly sought-after jewelry designer; her creations appeared in dozens of fashion magazines and graced the red carpet several times. Both women designed products for the gift industry and sold pieces to collectors around the world. In 2009, Debbie and Shea completed a major remodeling of a gothic church in Dallas, Texas. Here, they indulged in their love of crowns and European design and were constantly inspired by the architecture and the light.
Hello & Chaò, we’re Todd and Diane. Welcome to our world of photography and food behind the kitchen, behind the scenes & behind the lens. We’re photographers, travelers and gardeners. Fueled by our love of local culture, people & rich heritage, we document powerful stories from around the world. We celebrate good food, great conversation, green gardening and traveling. For us, our lives have always been about love, family, friends, sharing, exploring & food. These four essentials of survival brought us together & eventually became the basic ingredients to molding our different backgrounds and personalities into one balanced dish.
Donna Stevens and Darlene Summers are the owners of d.stevens fine ribbons. They will teach you the ins and outs of bow making and how to use a bow. Donna and Darlene have been in the floral and gift industry for … well let’s just say for a long time! Donna currently lives in Hong Kong, where she works closely with the factories to bring her ideas to the showrooms. Darlene lives in Phoenix working with customers and developing new ideas for using ribbon. For the past 20 years their passion has been designing and using ribbon, so it was natural that they would open a ribbon company.