Donna Kooler is the president, designer, and creative director of Kooler Design Studio, a company she founded in 1985
Donna graduated from art school in
Los Angeles
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in the 1950s. In 1973 she became Design Director for Sunset Designs, a needlework kit company in Northern California. Donna is also the author of over 20 books, primarily in the fields of
needlework
Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. Needlework may include related textile crafts such as crochet, worked with a hook, or tatting, worked with a ...
and
knitting
Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile, or fabric. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done by hand or by machine.
Knitting creates stitches: loops of yarn in a row, either flat or i ...
.
Under her direction, Kooler Design Studio has expanded into other crafts over recent years to include painting, gift projects, knitting, quilting as well as lifestyle, and has published over 600 books and kits in conjunction with Janlynn, Leisure Arts, and other publishers. Kooler Design represents some of the industry's leading artists including Linda Gillum, Barbara Baatz Hillman, Nancy Rossi, Basha Kooler and Sandy Orton.
External links
Kooler Design StudioClassic Stitches Interview of Donna Kooler
American designers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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