Janet has been sewing since childhood, mostly garments and home décor items. She started this part of her journey about ten years ago, making quilts for cover and comfort. Uninspired by traditional quilt patterns and coordinated fabric bundles, she wanted more interesting quilting adventures. Facing a pile of fabric scraps and pieces trimmed from other projects, she asked herself “what if I...?”. That day, her journey took a happy turn into improvisational quilting, and she never looked back! 

Making random blocks (or segments, as she likes to call them) with no real end in mind, exciting new compositions emerged. She loved what she was creating. More importantly, she loved what she was becoming—a Fabric Mixologist.

For more than 25 years, Carrie has been making dance competition costumes and has won several awards. In 2019, she made costumes for the Morgan State University Marching Band Foxxy Dancers who wore them in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and The Today Show. 

Carrie learned to sew from her grandmother, who was a home economics teacher and sewer. She loves sewing with stretch fabrics and her favorite garment to make is a kimono.

Sandra Lee Chandler is a quilting instructor with over 38 years of experience teaching at colleges such as Saddleback College, Santiago Canyon College, and North Orange County College. She holds a B.S. in Clothing, Textiles, and Design from Arizona State University. Chandler has presented virtual and in-person lectures and workshops at various events and has been published in magazines such as Quilt Now 2020, American Quilt Magazine 2020, and Quiltfolk 2019. She has also appeared on TV shows such as "The Quilt Show" and "Quilting Arts." Chandler specializes in repurposed denim quilts and wearable art quilted garments. Her artist statement emphasizes her passion for teaching and her goal to share her experience and knowledge with others in the sewing industry.

Rose is a quilt instructor at Sew Creative Lounge and a member of the Uhuru Quilters Guild, an African American quilt guild. One of her favorite things to do is to share her passion of “stitching and creating as an educator.” It can be sewing, crochet, quilting, or crafting. She believes everyone should have a creative outlet to express themselves and to relax. What better way than to teach others how to find their creative outlet joy!

Now, Cecily is the co-owner of Sew Creative Lounge, located in Mount Rainier, Maryland. At Sew Creative Lounge, Cecily and her partner Tisha offer children and adult sewing classes as well as a nation-wide membership program for sewers and quilters. 

Cecily has been featured in several publications and blogs including The Washington Post, Washington Express, American Express website and Chicago Tribune. Cecily has also appeared on Fox 5 News and NPR. She received her bachelor’s degree from Howard University and her MBA from George Washington University.