Kirsten Houseknecht

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Fabric Dragon Designs

<p>I have always been involved in arts and crafts, but never really thought of making a living from it.&nbsp; I had a lot of trouble in school due to undiagnosed learning disabilities (back in the dark ages when if you read well you didn't have one!) so i didn't go to college. i went into what i am good at: sales.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I got the name "Fabric Dragon" when my husband claimed i was hoarding fabric the way dragons hoard gold... i started a business making medieval costumes, partly to justufy buying more fabric and trim...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>After a lot of time in the school of hard knocks getting injured, slowly recovering, etc.. i had it pointed out to me that people in business spoke to my ex business partner instead of to me because she had a DEGREE... (this is not her fault, its theirs).</p> <p>"but i am the sales person! i know the customers.."<br />"she has a degree"<br />"its in MATH!"</p> <p>"doesnt matter. she has a degree, you don't, so people think you don't kow what you are doing."</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>so.. there i was at 43 going to admissions and getting into college. I figured if i was going to get a degree it may as well be in something i enjoy and am good at.. and i always complained that there are no modest, plus sized, fashionable clothes, so ... Here i am getting my B.S. in Fashion Design.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I am currently in school. It is kind of odd being older than many of my teachers, but i am learning a lot.&nbsp; i am still running my own business as best i can with mid-terms and finals and school deadlines, mostly at conventions and on etsy.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>and i still spend a lot of money on fabric and trims.</p>

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