SUNDANCE DESIGNS

Little did Tish Holland and Cassandra Prescott realize that when artist Ted DeGrazia personally asked them to translate his designs into needlepoint that a successful long time business career would be born. The year was 1973 and both eagerly accepted, even though neither Tish nor Cassie knew anything about needlepoint... DeGrazia requested they make the patterns easy to do and affordable so everyone could enjoy stitching his art. They accepted the challenge immediately and raced to the nearest local shop to learn to needlepoint. This worked to their advantage because they soon realized that to keep the integrity of the original art; it must to be hand painted. Tish had studied art in college, so she developed their painting techniques. Cassie knew sewing and crewel embroidery and developed the stitching. Soon, both were accomplished painters and stitchers.

Primary location: Scottsdale United States