Alette Sweat
Angel Mullins
Beth Moon
Darlene Pollard
Debbie Fultz
Debbie Homer-Hofhines
Kathi Quinn
Marilyn York
Martie Sandell
Tamara Evans
Alette Sweat
Alette Sweat, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, (exclusive distributors of Floriani Products) is from Byhalia, MS. Alette is not your typical sewing embroidery educator. She formerly co-owned one of the more prominent multi-brand Sewing Businesses in the US for over ten years where she not only taught thousands of customers how to use a plethora of machine types she taught numerous technique and creative classes using each brand. Alette's broad knowledge of so many different machine types make her classes extremely interesting to owners of every brand. In addition to machine classes, Alette was fully trained to teach all types of sewing/embroidery software and can relate to almost any question regarding any product.
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Angel Mullins
Angela Mullins, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, exclusive distributors of Floriani Products, is from Crestview, FL. Angela is NOT your typical 34 year old mother of three. Better known as Angel, she says her three gorgeous children are the best part of her life, but in her limited "free" time, she loves to embroider and even more to teach embroidery! Angel has established her own commercial embroidery business called Heavenly Stitches and even though her business started in her living room to allow her to be a stay at home mom, like her family, Heavenly Stitches has grown tremendously and now is a thriving retail business. Angel now travels coast-to-coast sharing her vast knowledge of do's, and don'ts. In this class you will learn all the secrets to creating perfect embroidery. You will love the relaxed atmosphere of Angela's class and her down to earth teaching method.
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Beth Moon
Beth Moon, National Educational Coordinator, Floriani Division RNK Distributing. Beth is not new to teaching. She has spent most of her adult life teaching others, but this in itself would not make her unique, the subject she has taught for so long does, "customer service" and "customer support". No two fields of expertise could have prepared Beth more to be a Floriani Educator.
She retired in 2004 after devoting 31 years to her career. During those years she raised a family, and made a life. Now, she is teaching skills and techniques strictly for enjoyment. One of the first things you will realize about Beth is she loves art and the second is, she loves to create. She has drawn, painted, sewn, and crafted since she was a little girl, and she loves teaching art, embellishment, and embroidery.
You will find Beth's classes very informative, but entertaining, and you will come away not only inspired, but motivated. You will be amazed to see embroidery explained as seen through the eyes of an artist, and you will love the tips she will share to help make your creations more beautiful and perfect.
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Darlene Pollard
Darlene Pollard, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, exclusive distributors of Floriani Products has become known for her love for sewing, quilting and embroidery. Darlene started her passion for all aspects of embroidering with the early home embroidery machines and in a short time became a professional digitizer. She began teaching others her tricks and solutions to everyday challenges in home embroidery many years ago. Darlene has worked with nearly every brand of sewing machine in the last ten years and has been teaching instruction classes for those machines and software since their introduction. She loves sharing her basic embroidery techniques, tips and tricks about stabilizers, sewing projects, computer software basics, and much more. Her expertise along with a relaxed personality makes her class fun, informative, to the point and creates a workshop type atmosphere.
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Debbie Fultz
Debbie Fultz, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, exclusive distributors of Floriani Products has become known for her love for sewing, quilting and embroidery. Debbie began sewing as a teenager growing up in Missouri and has never given up the love of the art. Since moving to Florida, she has worked in product marketing, became a sewing industry Certified Instructor She attended seminars by Hope Yoder, Martha Pullen, and Walter Floriani to increase her knowledge and ability. Debbie excelled in her hobby and soon developed a desire to teach others the secrets of perfect embroidery. She soon became a teacher of sewing and embroidery classes for her local sewing center and has since worked at consumer and sewing dealer trade shows around the country.
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Debbie Homer-Hofhines
Debbie Homer-Hofhines, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, exclusive distributors of Floriani Products has become known for her love for sewing, quilting and embroidery. Debbie started sewing as a child raised in rural Idaho. Her childhood on the farm was the perfect setting for her introduction to a variety of sewing techniques. She not only sewed most everything she wore, but learned all facets of "Home Decorating, quilting and embroidery." For some this would have been out of necessity but for Debbie, it became her passion. Life took Debbie through a series of successful professions while she raised her three children but she has now returned to her first love and made it her ultimate dream career of teaching sewing, quilting and embroidery.
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Kathi Quinn
Kathi Quinn, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, exclusive distributors of Floriani Products has become known for her love for sewing, quilting and embroidery. Kathi started her passion for all aspects of embroidering with the early home embroidery machines. Kathi began teaching others her tricks and solutions to everyday challenges in home embroidery many years ago. Today she has taught classes all over the country in basic embroidery techniques, all about stabilizers, sewing projects, computer software basics, serger projects, heirloom sewing, and many more. Kathi has become licensed on all major machines through Martha Pullen schools and has recently taught at the Hands On Sewing Schools, and Martha Pullen Schools. Her expertise along with a relaxed personality makes her class fun, informative, to the point and creates a workshop type atmosphere.
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Marilyn York
Marilyn York, Educational Coordinator for Floriani Embroidery a division of RNK Distributing has taught thousands the art of sewing, quilting, and embroidery. For over 30 years now, Marilyn has been teaching the secrets of her perfect creations. During this time Marilyn has had the opportunity to represent several sewing machine manufacturers and retailers giving her the ability to address nearly every question of every attendee from their own perspective. This broad range of experience and knowledge encompassing so many different machine brands has also translated into an amazing ability to teach embroidery software. Marilyn can relate to almost any situation her class attendees have experienced and answer questions as they relate specifically to their software. Marilyn's Embroidery Perfection Class will change your hobby and make it more enjoyable. Don't miss this 4 hour presentation that will challenge the veteran embroiderer, seamstress, or quilter while inspiring the novice to try things they considered beyond their ability.
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Martie Sandell
Martie Sandell, Floriani Educator for RNK Distributing. Martie’s passion for sewing began as a young child. After teaching quilting for the Los Angeles College District she launched “Creative Makings by Martie”, a unique pattern line distributed internationally. Her award-winning garments have been featured nationwide on the runway for Houston’s Fairfield Processing Fashion Show; the Great American Quilt Festival in NYC; and exhibited at The American Textile Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. Martie has been a regular contributor to trade and craft magazines, sharing her sewing knowledge while encouraging creativity in others. Her expertise found its way to the Internet, when she began two online sewing/embroidery groups. Her whimsical appliqué and surface embellishment designs have appeared in magazine advertisements and as printed cut-and-sew fabric panels. Martie is no stranger to teaching or sharing her vast knowledge. She has worked as an Educator with two major sewing machine companies before joining RNK’s Floriani Division, and understands the frustrations that can be associated with this great hobby we call sewing, quilting, and embroidery. Martie will teach you the secrets to perfected embroidery, sharing her tips and tricks of proper stabilization, hooping, and advanced technology in software that has helped thousands of hobbyist from coast to coast and around the world.
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Tamara Evans
Tamara Evans, National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing, (exclusive distributors of Floriani Products) is from Dallas, TX. Tamara says she has been sewing for as long as she can remember and loves every aspect of it - except maybe handwork. Her "professional" sewing experience began in Jr. High sewing costumes and clothing for family and neighbors. After graduating from The University of Oklahoma, she worked at a variety of corporate and entrepreneurial ventures, but eventually returned to her passion - sewing. Tamara's experiences include machine embroidery, digitizing, quilting, garment design, home decor, and crafts. Through her years of working in the Sewing Industry she has developed a particular talent for rationalizing the purchase of any new gadgets, fabrics, or machines.
Tamara's life journey took her to Illinois for a while and it was there she developed a very successful embroidery and gift business, And Sew On. Upon her return to Texas she began developing a series education and sewing related products. Tamara is now putting her energy and expertise into bringing the best in sewing education directly to the sewing public through the vast Floriani Dealer network.
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