CHA Forms Designer Trends Team

The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) Designer Section has formed an industry trend team made up of professional designers. The group will report four times a year on new techniques, tools, products, and designs from their perspective as craft designers.

The entire CHA Design Section will be invited to contribute information to the team through special trend sessions at trade shows and designer events. The trend team is made up of: Phyllis Dobbs (needlearts), Debra Quartermain (needle felting, wearables/accessories), Sandy Laipply (general paper crafts), Reneee Sparks (scrapbooking), Debba Haupert (home decor/gifts, small accents), Julie Stephani (home decor/large accents), Jill Mackay (jewelry/jewelry fashion), Katie Hacker (beading), Lina Ferrara (decorative painting), Kathy Cano Murillo, the Crafty Chica (general crafts), and Marie Browning (general crafts). Browning is also the team chairperson. Lynne Farris is the Designer Section chairperson.

The team's first report will be part of a session entitled “Trend Tracking and Forecasting,” to be presented during CHA Designer's Education Day, Monday July 23, a day devoted to professional development for designers. Seminar topics include copyrights, trend spotting, licensing, and trade show presentations. The registration fee is $125. For more information, visit www.chashow.org.

SOURCE: Craftrends News Headlines