About Bonnie Domeny
My name is Bonnie Domeny and I am owner and President of The Embroidery Academy.
I am married to, Jay, a wonderful and funny guy. We have been together well over 20 years. We live in Northern California where we were both born and raised. It's a wonderful place to live and work. Just blocks from my home is the beautiful American River and the surrounding parkway. This is where we take our dogs to run and play.
Speaking of dogs, I am the proud pack leader and companion to 4 dogs of all ages and sizes. I could go on forever about them because they are my best friends so I've given them their own web page.
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I began crafting very early with my grandma. She was into all kinds of interesting crafts. I remember painting ceramics when I was very small. We also did a lot knitting, crochet, bead work, macramé, hand embroidery, and cross stitch. I really enjoyed everything we did and especially spending time with her.
Although grandma sewed, I never really picked up on it… Until I found quilting. My sweet husband thought that if he bought a sewing machine that I might learn to mend or make clothing. That never happened, but I did learn to cut up perfectly good fabric and sew it back together to create neat patterns.
When that first sewing machine died, I went to our local sewing center to purchase a brand new one so I could continue making quilts. After all I already had a fabulous fabric stash I needed to use. While browsing the machines I saw a machine doing embroidery. Bing! That did it, I needed one of those. That day I came home with my new sewing/embroidery machine and of course digitizing software so I could create my own designs.
I started embroidering everything in sight. It got so bad Jay started hiding his underwear! Not everything turned out well. There were so many things to learn, threads, needles, stabilizer, topping…. Aaack! I was overwhelmed for a long time. But I kept at it because I was enamored and fascinated with machine embroidery.
One day I decided to load the software on my computer and make a dragon for my nephew. According to the dealer all I had to do was punch a few buttons and voila a dragon…. Yeah, right! Wrong. I found digitizing is a technical and artistic skill that I would spend many years learning and perfecting.
In order to improve my skills I attend seminars and classes when it fits into my busy schedule. I feel as if there is always something I can learn to do better and/or faster.
About Embroidery Academy
Over the many years I've been involved in machine embroidery I have been asked hundreds of questions about embroidery and digitizing. I've also seen many of the same questions asked repeatedly on the many embroidery lists.
One day I had a light bulb moment that there needs to be an online center where people can go for training and answers about machine embroidery. Yes, there are the dealers in larger towns that offer instruction, but usually your choices are limited and the class schedule may not fit around your schedule.
So I decided to create (with the help of the Designing Interactive team) an online learning center where you can take the classes you want when you have the time available.
I'm also the receptionist, customer service, book keeper, and all around everything. This means that when you call you will get me in person, or if I'm with a client, then my answering machine. In that case I will always be the one that returns your call.
This means personal service whenever you contact Embroidery Academy about anything.
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