Lisa Shepard Stewart is a writer and designer based in New Jersey. In her books, African Accents: Fabrics and Crafts to Decorate Your Home and Global Expressions: Decorating with Fabrics from Around the World, Lisa encourages others to express themselves creatively through culturally relevant techniques and materials. She promotes her work through classes and other special events around the country and internationally, and travels to Ghana to source artists, fabrics and materials. Most recently she produces and conducts Creative Retreats in various locations, and her third book, African Accents On The Go! Designing Accessories with Cultural Style was released in June 2007. It is her first self-published project.
Lisa writes regularly for various web sites, and trade and consumer publications. Lisa has demonstrated several projects & techniques on HGTV , and its sister network, DIY, along with Discovery Channel and sewing & quilting programs on PBS. For four years, she was the craft columnist for the Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s largest newspaper with a daily readership of over 450,000.
She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City with a Bachelor degree in Marketing and an Associate degree in Communications. She has held various positions in the sewing, craft, and textile industries, including creative director, writer/consultant, fabric buyer, merchandiser, and promotions manager.
Lisa has collected African fabrics since 1986, after a visit to Senegal, West Africa. In addition to sewing and fabric collecting, some of her other interests include travel, holistic health, and yoga.
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