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Tammy Harrison, Quilt Designing Computer Geek:
 Tammy
began quilting at the age of 19. She was going to
cosmetology college & met a classmate whose
grandmother made quilts. When she saw one of those
quilts she asked her to make her one. Soon after she
received the quilt, she read the saying, "When you sleep
under a quilt, you sleep under a blanket of love."
That was all it took, Tammy *knew* she had to learn how
to make quilts! Tammy had to make something with
love, that would be kept and used and loved back. Tammy had to make something that she didn't have in her
own orphaned life—a quilt hug made with love.
Since
then, Tammy has made hundreds of quilts (mostly for
kids, who need a loving quilted hug,
too)...but, Tammy also found a working life in the
online world. Once she mastered successfully
working from home on the computer, she's decided it's
high time she combined her love of working at home with
her love of quilting—hence, her four children call
her the "Quilt Designing Computer Geek!"
Tammy is
married to a true Texican, and together they have four
children, and are two of a kind, working in a full
house!
About the Founder's Business Partner
Phyllis Dobbs, Artist:
I really enjoy my work and career – working from
my home studio creating art and designing
fabrics and quilt and sewing patterns. In
addition to fabrics, my art is licensed for
product design on gift, garden and home decor
items. My designing is focused on quilts, sewing
needlework. I love color and have always loved
fabric because of the designs and beautiful
colors. I’ve been designing professionally for
26 years, but I really started designing
unprofessionally when I was old enough to use
scissors and start cutting up fabrics. My mother
taught me to sew and my aunt taught me
needlework. My grandmother was a quilter. I was
so lucky to have a family so entrenched in all
the various needle arts.
I have always loved to draw and took painting
classes throughout my life. My love of art and
the various needle arts goes hand in hand for a
unity in all I do.
My career started with my drawings that I
turned into needlework (embroidery and cross
stitch). Each step led to new mediums and
techniques, including quilt design and quilt
books books, art and fabric design.
For one of the companies that I worked with,
I designed textile products for worldwide sales.
These products were for holiday and
Christmas items such as tree skirts, stockings
and decorative ribbons as well as everyday
products of placemats and tablerunners and
decorative gift bags.
I love to teach and have taught nationally at
trade shows and workshops/lectures for shops and
guilds.
My formal training began at the University of
Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL, where I obtained a
B.S. degree in Interior Design. My home studio
is located in Birmingham, AL, where I live with
my husband and my lucky black cat.
Please visit
my website
- See more at: http://phyllisdobbs.info/about-phyllis/#sthash.FZt4wYhA.dpuf
I
really enjoy my work & career! Working from my
home studio creating art, designing quilts & sewing
my patterns together! In addition to fabrics, my art
is licensed for product design on gift, garden and
home decor items. My designing is focused on quilts,
machine embroidery & needlework.
I love color & have always loved fabric because of
the designs and beautiful colors. I’ve been
designing professionally for over 30 years, but I really
started designing unprofessionally when I was old
enough to use scissors & start cutting up fabrics.
My mother taught me to sew & my aunt taught me
needlework. My grandmother was a quilter. I was so
lucky to have a family so entrenched in all the
various needle arts!
I've always loved to draw & took painting
classes throughout my life. My love of art and the
various needle arts goes hand in hand for a unity in
all I do.
My career started with my drawings that I turned
into needlework (embroidery and cross stitch). Each
step led to new mediums & techniques! ncluding
quilt design and quilt books books, art and fabric
design.
For one of the companies that I worked with, I
designed textile products for worldwide sales. These
products were for holiday and Christmas items such
as tree skirts, stockings and decorative ribbons as
well as everyday products of placemats and tablerunners
and decorative gift bags.
I love to teach and have taught nationally at trade
shows and workshops/lectures for shops and guilds.
My formal training began at the University of
Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL, where I obtained a B.S.
degree in Interior Design. My home studio is located
in Birmingham, AL, where I live with my husband and
my lucky black cat.
Please visit my website at
http://www.PhyllisDobbs.info
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