LorraineTorrence.com
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Lorraine Torrence Designs
Description
After teaching quilting and making wearable art since 1972, Lorraine started Lorraine Torrence Designs, our wearable art pattern business, in 1996 with four patterns. Each year we have added new patterns, and in some years have discontinued patterns. In 2000, Gina Bronow gave us the opportunity to buy her pattern company, Grainline Gear, which we did happily and eagerly. Since we bought the company, we have added new Grainline Gear patterns every year designed by guest designers. Our two pattern lines depend on a talented team of indispensible individuals. Let me introduce them:
Lorraine holds a BFA in Art and an MFA in Sculpture but started making quilts in 1971. She has been teaching quilting since 1972 and now teaches on the national circuit as well as in other countries. Her love of clothing mixes with quilting skills and results in wearable art that has been exhibited in 3 Fairfield Fashion Shows, 2 Bernina Fashion Shows and 7 AQS Fashion Shows. She has won numerous awards on the AQS Fashion Show and has judged that show and other wearable art shows several times. She owns two lines of garment patterns, has written 2 books, contributed to others and in 2001 designed her first line of fabric for Clothworks.
If you call our office on Tuesdays or Thursdays, Diane's upbeat voice will answer your call and 99.9% of the time will have the answer you need. She is my generous and intelligent office assistant and that's not all! She has been my chief sample sewer since 1996 and knows the patterns inside and out. Her long resume in sewing and quilting includes the 2 year degree in Custom Clothing and Design at Seattle Community College after a 4-year degree from the University of Washington. She has worked in Quilt Book publishing, retail quilt shop fabric sales and in free lance custom quilting and sewing. I couldn't do without her!
Contact
- Lorraine Torrence
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- SEATTLE WA
- US 98144
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- 206-725-8687
