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Katrina Walker is an educator and
designer specializing in textiles, construction and surface design techniques. She traditionally works with
natural fibers, particularly silk and wool. In addition to sewing, Katrina spins, knits and needle
felts, and has even been known to do shuttle tatting once in a
while.
As an educator and designer for the home sewing industry, Katrina writes and
creates designs for publications such as Stitch,
Sew News, Creative
Machine Embroidery, CraftStylish and CraftStylish.com. She also teaches
as a faculty member of The Silk Experience. She
is a sewing consultant for Quality Sewing and Vacuum in the Puget Sound region. In addition, Katrina has previously worked
as a Family and Consumer Sciences educator, as well as in the apparel industry, in apparel development for Nordstrom Product Group and Recreational Equipment, Inc.
She is an active volunteer as a
Pierce County
Clothing and Textile Advisor, and with the Washington 4-H Youth Development organization. She currently
serves as a member of the state 4-H Clothing and Textiles program development team, is the state 4-H
Fashion Revue Superintendent, and a trustee on the Washington State 4-H Fair Board.
Katrina is an alumna of Wellesley College. She has additional education in
Textile Science, Fashion Theory and Patternmaking, and is a
Palmer/Pletsch Certified Sewing Instructor.
She is a member of the Association for Sewing and Design
Professionals and the
American Sewing Guild. |