Anita "Kit" Thompson: National Textile Month & Quilting Business
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27 May 2025 |
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 Castro Valley
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Creating What’s Next: Never Say Never
kittyanikreativ.com
Kit, Treasurer of the Castro Valley Eden Area Chamber of Commerce and Owner of Kitty Ani Kreativ, will discuss National Textile Month as well as her local business on long arm quilting and all the amazing things this can do. From finishing quilts to making memorable items from used concert or event T-shirts.
After 20 years in not-for-profit organizations and 22 years in corporate consumer packaged-food sales and marketing, Kit asked herself the question, “What’s next?”
In the 2010’s, she re-ignited her passion for sewing and turned to quilting. In 2017, she was asked if she wanted to “test drive a longarm”, and she said “Heck Yes! But wait, you drive a sewing machine?” From then on longarm quilting became her passion!
When she realized that she could be of service to other quilters to help them finish their quilt tops into completed quilts, she started her home-based business Kitty Ani Kreativ Longarm & Quilting Services at the end of 2023 to coincide with her early retirement.
Driving at speeds of 1,000 to 2,000 stitches per minute, Kit enjoys exploring her creative side, a side that she never ever thought she had or would be doing professionally.