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Creative Camp! Instructors
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 Karen Barnes - The Elegant Window, Gilbert, AZ
 Creative Camp! Class:
- Shaped Firmaflex Cornices - Hands-on Elective
- Coronas
Karen is the owner of The Elegant Window LLC, a professional custom drapery workroom exclusively to the interior design trade. Karen established her workroom in 1997 when she decided to turn her passion of sewing into a business.
Karen is a member of the Window Coverings Association of America (WCAA), a Certified Workroom Professional and a Window Fashions Certified Professional- Associate and an Industry Partner of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
In addition to having several articles and photos published in trade magazines, Karen has won several awards for the fine workmanship in her window treatments, including Window Fashion Vision magazine's 2009 awards: Workroom of the Year, 1st place in Specialty Windows and 2nd place in Top Treatments. She also won Crowd Favorite and 2nd Place in the CSI Creative Camp Valance contest, 1st place in the Wall of Windows competition at the WCAA Phoenix Chapter Designer's Expo, and 2nd place in Workmanship at the Custom Home Furnishings Conference.
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 Ann Johnson - AKJ Workroom, Avon Lake, OH
 Creative Camp! Class:
- Workroom Techniques
Ann owns AKJ Workroom, a retail/wholesale workroom established in 1992. She is the author of "The Professional Workroom Handbook of Swags, Volumes 1 & 2." They are highly acclaimed technical manuals that teach the basic engineering qualities of the swag pattern.
Ann also managed a custom workroom supervising seven sewers and developing written standards and fabrication instructions. She draws on that experience as a very popular industry speaker, giving seminars across the country. She is a member of WCAA, The Workroom Association of America, an instructor for the CHF Academy, a WFCP-Associate and affiliated with DreamDraper.
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 Ravi Pankhania - Ravi Design, Vancouver, BC
 Creative Camp! Class:
- Ripplefold Darperies
Ravi was raised in Nairobi, Kenya, moving to Vancouver in 1986 with no plans of becoming a curtain maker.
Ravi Pankhania started his career in Soft Furnishings in 2000, establishing Ravi Design as a to the trade slipcover and upholstery workroom. Trained as a tailor and pattern-maker, Ravi found making slipcovers and furnishings a welcome change from his routine of cutting shirts and pants for fussy clients. As the years passed Ravi saw the need for high quality curtains in his area. Spending a year in research, Ravi Design made the plunge in 2005 to become a full service window coverings workroom servicing both the trade and the retail sector.
Since 2005 Ravi Design has been involved in numerous projects around the Vancouver area, designing and manufacturing all manner of soft furnishings focusing on high quality modern style, and breaking the mold of how curtains function.
Ravi Pankhania lives in Vancouver with his long time partner, Stacey, and their two lovely children, Nuri and Samaya. |
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 Chris Watt - The Pillow Lady, Saratoga, CA
Creative Camp! Class:
- Compound Mitered Pillow Shams - 3 ways - Hands-on Elective
Chris Watt is known as "The Pillow Lady" for her expertise in the construction of beautiful and unusual designer pillows. Her professional videos/dvds are jam packed with specific tips and details to ensure that you produce fine quality pillows and cushions efficiently and well. Chris has been a professional fabricator of drapery and home decor in the San Francisco area since 1976.
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 Gillian Wendel - The Wendelworks, Pinehurst, TX
Creative Camp! Class:
- Headboards - Hands-on
Gillian Wendel, owner of the award winning Wendel Works, began her nationally recognized window fashions business in 1999. Serving clients in the Greater Houston area, Gillian provides window fashion designs, complete bed ensembles, upholstery, fabrication and installation. With a fully stocked library of fabrics, trims and hardware, The Wendel Works can create a one-of-a-kind look that embodies the essence of the world of custom. |
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 Rebecca Day - www.merrick-day.com, Lincolnshire, England
 Creative Camp! Class:
- Lecture: History and Projects of Merrick & Day
- Hands-on: Hand Gathered Headings, Trumpets, Coronets & Decorative Knots
Rebecca Day and her sister, Catherine Merrick, turned a mutual love of soft furnishings into a successful, quality curtain making company, recognized by professionals internationally. Based in a delightful workroom in Lincolnshire, they have a list of clients who appreciate the best in the finest materials and hand finishing as well as the practical and technical knowledge which creates delightful window treatments.
As the sisters' business developed, they realized how few reference books were available that covered the most difficult tricks of the trade. The result was a series of books which began in 1991 and continues today.
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Candace Kling - www.candacekling.com, Oakland, CA
 Creative Camp! Class:
- Hands-on: Ribbon Embellishments
Author and ribbon artist Candace Kling will share her specialty techniques for decorative ribbon embellishments that can be used to accent window treatments, pillows and more. Attendees will complete numerous samples during class.
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 Peggy Morgans - www.parkwaywindowworks.com, Rochester, NY
Creative Camp! Class:
- Roman Shade Lift Systems: Product Comparisons
Peggy Morgans owns a full service wholesale workroom in Pittsford, NY. She has a chemical engineering degree and an MBA and is known for tackling unique and technically difficult projects. In 2008, she shared an award for best workmanship in D&WC magazine's Designer & Workoom Contest. She is a member of WCAA, Drapery Pro, and the Greater Rochester Professional Workroom Association. She is also an industry trade partner to AIDP (Association of Interior Design professionals).
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 Marci Pelot - www.marcibeaucoup.com, Concord, CA
Creative Camp! Class:
- Trunk Show Marketing & Samples - Elective
Marci Pelot is the founder of Marci Beaucoup® Custom Workroom established in 2004. Serving the San Francisco Bay Area, this workroom provides fine sewing to the interior design trade.
Marci Beaucoup® Custom Workroom is committed to artisan craftsmanship, extraordinary quality and first class customer service.
Marci is a graduate of the Custom Home Furnishings Academy. She serves on the board of IFDA Northern California, is Treasurer for WCAA Northern California and is a Drapery & Design Professional Advisory Board member.
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