Bia Bernum - owner and instructor

I love everything about sewing - from the mechanical to the artistic - and enjoy combining the practical with the imaginative. I've been behind a sewing machine since I was a child - thanks to a mother who worked as a professional tailor. Being around my mom taught me the importance of detail and quality construction and the willingness to take risks.

I have spent my professional life teaching public speaking and interpersonal communication courses. So I've taken what I've learned in the college classroom and use it in the studio.

I'm a Trained Sewing Instructor (through the Sewing and Craft Alliance) and in 2004, I began designing and sewing my own line of handbags called ms. elaineous.

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Melissa St. Clair - instructor

Melissa St.Clair taught herself to sew almost 20 years ago. She has always enjoyed making clothing for herself and her family and is very enthusiastic about sharing her knowledge and passion for sewing with children and adults. Melissa became a Palmer/Pletsch Certified Sewing Instructor in the fall of 2004; she became certified to teach "Fit" in the summer of 2010. She lives in Painted Post, NY with her husband and two children.

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Ellen Reilly - instructor

Ellen has been quilting for more than 20 years and has won awards for piecing and machine quilting. She stays current with new trends by attending national shows and doing continuing education work at the Machine Quilters Expo each year. She lives on the top of a hill in Campbell with her husband and cats.

Ellen has taught numerous workshops and classes as a professional and applies that knowledge to quilting. She is the owner of Finger Lakes Quilt Works in Campbell.

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Melissa Maxim - instructor

Melissa Maxim has been a creative person since her high school years in Williamsport, PA, where she performed in the nationally acclaimed Marching Millionaires Band as a lead flutist. She received a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology, where she started crafting polymer clay and other types of personal jewelry. Melissa has been doing design and photography on the side, together with her husband, since their years together at RIT. Most of her time and attention has been devoted to raising their 5 children, ages: 12, 9, 7, 5, and 1. She blogs at www.peoplehelp.net and makes her home in Painted Post, NY.

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