Amy Ellis

Amy Ellis learned to sew garments as a girl and then taught herself to quilt as a young mom.  She is also...

Amy Smart

A longtime quilter, Amy started her popular blog as a way to share her passion with fellow sewers. She is the author...

Anita Morris

Anita Morris is the creator of Anita by Design, a sewing blog designed to inspire style, confidence and creativity for women of...

Beverly McCullough

Beverly grew up in a creative family of artists and seamstresses so it is no surprise that she loves to create. She...

Candice Ayala

Candice Ayala is the owner and founder of SewingPortfolios.com. She spent the first 28 years of her life in Belize, and now...

Christopher Thompson

Christopher Thompson, known as The Tattooed Quilter was raised in a traditional quilting family, he discovered the modern quilting movement a few...

Dana Willard

Dana started her blog, Made Everyday, as a place to connect with and encourage fellow makers. In addition to posting tutorials, she...

Erica Bunker

Erica Bunker is the founder of the popular DIY fashion sewing blog Erica Bunker DIY Style. Erica learned to sew garments as...

Evy Hawkins

Evy has been sewing since she was a child. During the course of her career she has been a couturiere, a women's...

Heather Valentine

Heather Valentine is the creative mind behind The Sewing Loft. She is a wife, mother, fourth generation seamstress and a former apparel...

Jessica Kapitanski

Lindsay Conner

Based in Indianapolis, Lindsay has been crafting for as long as she can remember. He mother bought her first sewing machine, a...

Lindsay Wilkes

Lindsay owns the Cottage Mama, a boutique children’s sewing pattern company. She is the author behind “Classic Clothes for Girls” and provides...

Mallory Donohue

After running a sewing machine dealership for 11 years, Mallory left it all behind to pursue her passion for creating media for...

Marie Segares

Marie Segares is the Proprietress of Underground Crafter. Marie shares sewing patterns and tutorials, crochet and knitting patterns, recipes, and more creative...

Melissa Mora

Austin-based sewer Melissa Mora is a Riley Blake fabric designer, author of the book “Sundressing” and owner of Blank Slate Patterns. She...

Mimi Goodwin

Mimi G. is Editor-in-chief of the popular Fashion, Lifestyle, and DIY blog MimiGStyle.com and YouTube Channel, which houses tutorials, fashion and beauty...

Pam Damour

Pam’s career spans more than 30 years. She offers professional drapery workroom training and travels internationally to teach specialty techniques. She is...

Pat Sloan

In addition to designing her own quilts, Pat has designed several fabric lines with P&B Textiles. She is the author of 30...

Patty Young

Patty is a licensed textile designer for Riley Blake Designs and a publish author of sewing and coloring books. She is the...

Russell Conte

I (that’d be me - Russell Conte) owned a retail sewing shop for nearly 20 years. Initially, the shop specialized in selling...

Sachiko Aldous

Sachiko Aldous was born and raised in Japan. Growing up, she always loved to draw, sew and create whatever she could get...

Simple Simon & Co.

Liz and Elizabeth Evans are  two girls who married brothers and ended up with the exact same name. They also happen to...

Truly Alvarenga

Truly conceives, sketches, designs fits and sews all of her fashions. She has designed everything from her own collections, to wardrobe and...

Zede and Mallory Donohue

SewHere is the latest expression of Zede and Mallory Donohue’s passion for sewing. After running a successful sewing machine dealership for 11...

April Dunn

April has been working in the sewing industry for over 30 years, joining Baby Lock in 2001 and part of the National...

Carla Reale

After a traumatic wrap skirt experience at the hands of a vindictive Home Economics teacher in junior high school, Carla hung up...

Cathy Brown

Cathy learned hand embroidery from her grandmother at age 6. She has since caught the “quilting bug,” progressing from teaching others to...

Chris Tryon

Denise Applegate-Schober

With more than 40 years of sewing under her belt and industry experience that spans over 25 years, Denise has a vast...

Evy Hawkins

Evy has been sewing since she was a child. During the course of her career she has been a couturiere, a women's...

Heather Valentine

Heather Valentine is the creative mind behind The Sewing Loft. She is a wife, mother, fourth generation seamstress and a former apparel...

Jessica Kapitanski

Joi Mahon

Joi is a fashion entrepreneur and founder of Dress Forms Design Studio, LLC, author of Create the Perfect Fit and Designer Joi’s...

Kelly Bowser

Kelly began sewing in 2010. Her blog plays home to a variety of her finished quilting projects, as well as patterns, tutorials...

Linda Pacini

National Training Manager, Sewing Divisions Linda has worked in the sewing industry for over 22 years, including 10 years at Tacony Corporation....

Lora Kesilis

As a National Training Specialist Lora travels from coast to coast conducting sales and product training for Baby Lock dealers and assisting...

Lori Hernandez

Creativity is an important part of Lori’s life because it brings joy, purpose and a sense of accomplishment. Her passion for sewing...

Mallory Donohue

After running a sewing machine dealership for 11 years, Mallory left it all behind to pursue her passion for creating media for...

Margaret Tully

An heirloom sewing and serging enthusiast, Margaret holds offices in the Sewing Guild of America and the Smocking Guild, serves on the...

Nicci Brazzell

Nicci is a professional embroidery artist and textile designer. She has taught at international machine conventions and has been regularly published within...

Pam Damour

Pam’s career spans more than 30 years. She offers professional drapery workroom training and travels internationally to teach specialty techniques. She is...

Pam Mahshie

Pam has had three-decade-long relationship with the Baby Lock brand, filling various roles in the company, from Education Consultant to Regional Sales...

Patty Marty

Patty’s passion for embroidery, sewing and quilting aided her in joining the Baby Lock Training Team in January, 2012. Her experience as...

Sandra Betzina

Sara Gallegos

When Sara Gallegos began hosting Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting, she stepped into big shoes vacated by the show’s hosts –...

Stephanie Struckmann

Stephanie discovered her love of sewing when she was “accidentally” placed in a Fashion Design class in high school. She continued on...