Whether you're just starting or an old pro, you're sure to discover new ideas to take home and experiment with. It's all about creative expression and trusting your instincts at TNS; building on your own natural abilities and believing that if you can dream it, you can create it!
Rachel Epperson (owner/instructor) holds a degree in Fashion Design and has been sewing for 25 years. She has worked in many fields including fashion and interior design, upholstery, and carpentry. Having taught for a similar studio in San Francisco, she discovered a great love for teaching. She started The Needle Shop as a way to share her skills and connect with other creative people.
An alumni of TNS, Caitlin Jung is obsessed with all things crafty. Along with her trusty Hello Kitty sewing machine, she quickly became enamored with sewing and all the creative and useful things you can make, remake and reuse. A huge proponent of DIY and Cute, Caitlin loves nothing better than sharing the endless possibilites of what sewing can allow people to do.
Alison Simonian is an accessory designer with a love for color, shape and function. Having got a taste for sewing at her Grandmother's treadle sewing machine she's been sewing the twenty years since. The fun and excitement of taking an idea from concept to finished product keeps her coming back to sewing as creative outlet and play. See her accessories at www.missalison.com
