Katrina Marie was born on her mother’s birthday. As a little girl, with three younger brother’s she spent most of her time creating paper dolls and sewing doll clothes on her mothers machine. She knew at the very young age of five that she wanted to be a fashion designer. Her parents, believing in the power of dreams, would say: “you can be anything that you want” and encouraged her continually. At the age of ten her family moved to Tucson, Arizona where she grew up being a part of her parents many businesses, from craft products and home décor to wearable art and handmade jewelry.

As a teenager she was making clothing for herself and her friends and had a clothing label printed. She would also help with her parents business by modeling clothing and jewelry, designing jewelry and demonstrating at shows. At any chance she would attend craft festivals or tradeshows with her parents, to have a space to display her creations whether it was doll clothes, jewelry or clothing. By seventeen she had sewn professionally for alterations shops, worked as a retail fashion sales assistant, made costumes for the Gaslight theatre, created swim & dance wear at Jazzskins, and attended college for a fashion degree. So, at nineteen starting her own business making historically inspired clothing was a natural progression.

Since then Katrina Marie has traveled all over the United States and displayed at many shows including renaissance fairs, art festivals, jewelry shows, bridal shows, and apparel tradeshows as well as opening boutiques and her design studio & showroom. Currently she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two sons. Chris helps with running the business, remodeling and restoring a their Victorian houses, as well as, being a violinmaker.Katrina Marie has her design studio located on the 1st floor of her Victorian house. It is here that she spends most of her time sketching, designing, creating patterns, making samples and sewing garments.

craft interests: fashion, restyle, sewing, dolls

my personal website:
http://www.katrinamariedesigns.com

my etsy page:
http://www.katrinamariedesigns.etsy.com

Gender: Female

Member Since: 06/03/2009