Becky Joiner has always loved doing anything creative & crafty. She's constantly discovering new facets in her love of teaching sewing and knitting, and loves to spread the crafty goodness at Stitch Lab!
	Channy Hiersche earned a Fashion Design degree in Los Angeles. She has many years of experience in various aspects of the apparel industry: design, pattern making, fitting, garment construction, technical communication and training, as well, as the creation of custom wedding dresses. Channy will be teaching certain beginner and garment-related classes at Stitch Lab, and she's also available for Private Lessons!
	Hayley Sayles Pannone loves all things creative. Since art school, she’s worked in various aspects of the professional creative world, including several years in Seattle as a costume designer for theater and independent film production. She moved back to Austin in 2000, and has since designed a line of unique, one-of-a-kind handbags, run a successful sewing studio and is excited to launch her first quilt fabric line very soon!
	Jenifer Nakatsu Arntson ‬has designed and produced bags and accessories since 1993. She earned a Fine Arts degree from UT Austin and has a background in design, graphics, metal arts, leatherwork, costuming, and prop making. She endeavors to spread the love of craft to adults and children; her own and those whom she has taught locally and abroad, in her family's native Tokyo and Kyoto, and as a co-host of Stylelicious for the DIY network. Jenifer thanks her lucky stars for early art & craft exposure, a long line of family creatives, great opportunities to expand skills via mentoring by master-level artists, and for well-timed encouragement.
	Kathie Sever is an accomplished seamstress, creator of Ramonsterwear Custom Western Wear, artist and mother of two who left the world of fashion mass production to pursue the more sustainable idea of creating custom western wear, each fabricated after extensive interviews and artistic consult with each client. Her journey from custom western wear into the world of art is beginning…now.
	A multicolored crazy quilt made by her great-grandmother inspired Kathleen McTee to begin studying surface design. “Discovering and studying textile art has changed my life for the better, so helping others find their way -- even (especially) when they think they “aren’t creative” -- is deeply gratifying.” She has taught at the Austin Museum of Art School, Dougherty Art Center and Studio 1408, and now is happily at home as part of the Stitch Lab faculty. When not creating her own dyed, printed, obsessively-stitched artwork, she is carving stamps, taking photographs, experimenting with color -- and dreaming up new creative adventures for her students!
	Hat connoisseur and vintage clothing addict, Laura Del Villaggio earned both an MA in Museum Studies and a Certificate in Millinery from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She is a woman of many hats: milliner, costume designer, historic clothing conservator and consultant, and finally, after years of turning down requests, millinery instructor extraordinaire.
	Malka Dubrawsky is a fiber artist and author whose work has been shown in juried exhibitions, many books & magazines. She has an Etsy shop and popular blog (stitchindye.blogspot.com), and contributes to Stitch, Sew Hip, and Quilting Arts magazines. Malka is based in Austin, Texas, and teaches many exciting quilting classes here at Stitch Lab!
	Niku Arbabi has worked at Stitch Lab in a retail and creative capacity since Spring of 2010, helping students & stitchers figure out yardage, find the right class & thoughtfully weighing in on color combos for projects. Niku's been wild about stitching, crafting, and sewing for as long as she can remember. She loves any chance to share projects, techniques, and ideas with fellow makers through needlework classes, Stitch Lounges, and as a shop gal at the Lab!
	Tina Sparkles is a creative activist, pro-am fashion designer and freelance fashion sewing teacher. She stopped buying new clothes in 2005 because she wanted to stop contributing to the cycle of mass production and its effects on people and the environment; so instead she makes a lot of her own clothes, refashions vintage & thrift finds and scores big time at clothes swaps. She is also th e author of a fantastic little book called Little Green Dresses; its all about taking DIY fashion to the max with a special focus on refashioning fresh new items from already existing materials.