Radiates Warmth and Love

Karen is magic in a bottle–grace and sparkle incarnate. She radiates warmth and love in everything she does. I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with Karen on garments using my textile designs for Windham Fabrics. She constructs the custom garments that we use in catalogs and as samples. Her craft is impeccable. I never understand how she transforms plain quilting cotton into something that drapes and moves around the body in such a beautiful way. She understands curves. She understands fabric. And in her heart, there is her deep love of making, mending, crafting, helping, healing, and loving. Any time I have the chance to conspire with Karen or just be near her, I pounce on it. Her joy is contagious.

- Carrie Bloomston, abstract painter, author, and textile designer