I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Donna Kooler, who is the owner and driving force behind Kooler Design Studio, a multimedia publishing and designing company who specialise in just about anything to do with handcraft. After art school I became an art director for an advertising agency, I married and stayed at home to raise a family before returning to work as Design Director for Sunset Designs, a needlework manufacturer. When Sunset moved out of California, I asked my design staff to join me in starting Kooler Design Studio, and the rest is history. The charts, kits, books, computer programs and finished products sold on our web site are all designed and/or produced by Kooler Design. Our Encyclopedia of Quilting, edited and written by Laura Nownes a well respected quilter and author, is a comprehensive view of quilting which includes the history of quilting, basics and patterns for beginners and expert alike.

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