Cindy Groom-Harry

Cindy Groom-Harry is CEO of Craft Marketing Connections, Inc. She and her design/marketing team have created more than 6,000 published designs and have written over 2,000 magazine articles for Today's Creative Home Arts, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman's Day, Parents Magazine, Good Housekeeping, McCalls, Simplicity and nearly all of the consumer craft and related magazines.

Cindy has appeared on more than 100 television shows and starred in two dozen videos. She and her staff have authored 50 "how-to" books and co-authored 30 more. In addition to creating upscale home decorating projects, the CMC team have been titled "kids' craft experts", writing the "Kids' Corner" monthly column that ran for 16 years for Crafts Magazine, as well as the “Art 1,2,3” column that ran in Michael's Create for two years. Currently, she serves as Contributing Editor and writes the "Grandma, Mom and Me" column for Today's Creative Home Arts Magazine.

Debba Haupert

Debba Haupert has great girlfriends! So much so that she started Girlfriendology as a place for inspiration, appreciation and celebration of girlfriends. Visit Girlfriendology.com for inspirational blogs, podcasts, videocasts, contests, stories and even shopping!

Debba is also an award-winning craft book author, has taped over 250 on-camera demonstrations (including Carol Duvall and QVC), and developed craft products.

Debra Quartermain

A self confessed Stitch Chick with a jacket fetish, Debra has been sewing clothes since she was five. From designing clothing for dolls, teddy bears, babies, and herself, she now shares her love of sewing and fashion in her latest book Sweatshirts Figure Fit Fashion. 

Debra is the author of several other books and a prominent designer for various craft and sewing magazines. Her “Make it Green” column in HomeArts magazine is packed with inspiration for reclaiming tired clothing and home décor items and giving them a fresh, up-to-date look.

Debra and her illustrator partner Deborah Peyton have also designed several fabric quilting lines for Northcott. Debra is a member of the CHA Trend Team, and headed up the winter CHA Fashion and Accessory display. She is also a former board member of SCD, the Society of Creative Designers.

Carol Zentgraf 

Carol Zentgraf is a designer and writer specializing in sewing, fabrics and decorating. She also enjoys decorative painting, especially on furniture, and creating faux finishes. Carol has degrees in interior design and commercial art from Drake University and has worked in the craft and sewing industries as a designer and editor for more than 30 years. She is the author of Pillows, Cushions and Tuffets, Decorative Storage, The Well-Dressed Window, Machine Embroidery Room-by-Room and Sewing For Outdoor Spaces. Her designs and articles have been published in a number of books and magazines. Carol lives in Peoria, Illinois, with her husband Dave and English Bulldog Lucy. They have two grown children, Dan and Carolyn.