"My earliest interests seemed to center around fashion--the shapes, colors, patterns and textures of what people around me were wearing in the l930s and 40s."

"I remember the deep wine color, the feel and flow, of a bias-cut, silk velvet gown and matching sequined cloche saved in a box I found in our attic, a relic from a 1920s wedding. I was hooked. And since that time, I've tried to reinterpret the mood and style of different eras with cloth, yarn, and fiber. "

"Since 1992--and the creation of Vintage Kathryn--I've focused on hats, collecting and making them, then adding embellishments, small accessories and scarves. The decorative art, literature and film of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe, Asia, and America continue to inspire me. Now felting has opened up a new realm in which to both explore and express the mood and creative vigor such movements as the Arts and Crafts, Secession, and Wiener Werkstatte still offer to contemporary art and fashion."