Hayley S. Pannone
Creator of Craft-O-Rama!, Hayley has spent many years in the sewing and design industry.  Hayley attended the University of North Texas design program and after graduating from the Art Institute of Seattle, with a degree in fashion design, she spent many years in Seattle working in the costume design industry, designing for film and theater productions.  In 2000, she moved to Austin to be closer to family, and started a line of unique one of kind handbags, called Lola Ruf.  Craft-O-Rama! was created based on the obvious need for a community based design center that offered the kind of supplies you can’t find elsewhere in Austin!

 

Linda Carter
A former employee of the Simplicity Pattern Company in New York City, Linda has a degree in Clothing and Textiles from Rutgers University.  After settling in Austin Texas, Linda established Carter Creations in 1985 where she has been creating one-of-a-kind bridal and formal gowns for a discriminating clientele.  Now celebrating over 20 years of creating tomorrow's heirlooms, Linda is launching her own line of gowns, each with the attention to detail and fabrication for which she has become known. 

 

Beatrice Thomas
Beatrice is a fiber artist who has been living in Austin for 5 years.  She received her MFA in design from the University of Texas.  Beatrice currently splits her time working as gallery representative for Flat Bed Press, screen printing for her company Studio Three which she started with 2 friends she met in design school.  Beatrice is currently obsessed with her dog Olive, whom she found through Petfinders.org and is living proof that internet relationships really can work!

 

Elizabeth Talbot
Elizabeth has been sewing since she was 5, her Mom ran a home drapery business and taught her how to sew. She began quilting 3 years ago. taught herself through books, online resources and trial and error. She has crocheted since she was 5, that was passed down through both grandmothers and my mom. She taught herself knitting about 5 years ago and haven't put it down since.  Elizabeth loves teaching folks all the crafty things she has come to love!

 

Liza Feldkamp
Liza has been an art teacher in public schools since 1999, and a maker since her childhood.  She feels that the creative urge is to humans as carbon dioxide is to the respiratory system.  One breathes in,processes, and must exhale. Liza”s philosophy on life is, Experience and respond! I may drown in laundry, but I’ll never suffocate on unspent creative impulse!  Although Liza enjoys teaching urban youth the basics of drawing and art theory, she loves cultivating talent in crafters of all ages.  Having enjoyed world travel and study abroad, she is thankful to now find herself in awesome Austin, Texas.  She is also appreciative of her husband, who occasionally lets her paint for twelve hours on end while he bonds with their three-year-old son.  When you see her, she will be smiling.

 

Melissa Morgan
Melissa is an Austin native and Momma. She’s super crafty and in her spare time Melissa sews, reads books, dabbles in photography, and attempts to hold on to her sanity.