JANITH BERGERON and CHRISTINE ECKER founded The Sewing Tree in the spring of 2003 and enjoy teaching sewing to people of all ages and interests. They have developed a very comprehensive method of teaching the sewing benefiting beginner to advanced sewing students. Janith, proprietress of "Designs by Janith" founded in 1991, specializes in creating beautiful, custom designed garments. She teaches classes at various sewing related businesses and schools, striving to bring fun into every stitch, as well as a sense of accomplishment into every project. Janith was the founder of the NH Chapter of the American Sewing Guild in 2001. A Master Certified Sewing Educator-SEA (2008), a Trained Sewing Educator/S&CA since 2002, and 4 H educator/leader, Janith has been a contributor to Threads Magazine's Pattern Review since 2003. Christine began sewing with her grandmother as a young child and cherishes a yellow sundress that was one of her early projects. Christine is primarily self-taught and her sewing interests include specialty dresses, costumes, children's clothes, home dec, crafts, bags and machine embroidery. As the owner of "Stolen Time Creations", Christine worked closely with a local Portsmouth designer creating one-of-a-kind handbags. Christine was an active member of the board for the NH Chapter of the American Sewing Guild. She is a Trained Sewing Educator/S&CA since 2004. Christine lives in Dover, NH with her husband and four children. http://www.thesewingtree.com/