About
About Cheryl Kuczek
Cheryl has been drawing and
designing since she was a small child. She started hand-sewing clothing
for her Barbie dolls when she was 9 years old.
At 14 she took her first sewing class and it started a non-stop
sewing fest that continues today.
At 17 Cheryl started doing custom designs in clothing and home
decor for private clients!
Cheryl has a degree in Business Marketing with minors in Economics
and Art from the University of Anchorage-Alaska that she uses most of the time.
In 1998 Paradiso Designs by Cheryl Kuczek was born as a legit with
the custom design.
In 2006 Cheryl started teaching adults and children not only how
to sew, but how to incorporate their own style wants and needs into their
creations.
In the fall of 2007, Cheryl introduced her own independent pattern
line with four handbag patterns. Today she has now more than 30 sewing patterns
of handbags and clothing that works for ALL sizes.
A new chapter is beginning as Cheryl looks for ways to create
using sustainable methods. She also
believes that fashion is really changing from the fast trends to using things
that matter. Making items that not only fit our needs, will last because they
are made well, and that we really love, therefore love using!
Plus, as an educator, Cheryl loves helping her students learn to
sew beyond what they thought they could do by helping them create with her handbag
patterns, clothes that really do fit, and all kinds of stuffed creatures.
Including using easier and different sewing techniques in many substrates, but
especially faux leather/pleather.
Children are encouraged to draw their own patterns that are then
used to make their projects.
Adults are helped with their projects to not just complete them,
but to really understand the design on how it looks and the evolving creation
process.
Cheryl continues to teach and design with passion in Seattle,
Washington and at a number of national sewing events & festivals.
She finds joy in the ability to give others a reason to sew and
create too.
Visit Cheryl’s website at http://www.paradisodesigns.com today,
and get inspired.
