About Our Staff

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Toni Mason

Toni graduated from Pennsylvania College of Art & Design in 1984 and then moved to NC. After working for 2 years at an architectural firm she opened her own commercial interior design firm, doing all corporate design work. In 2001 she shut down the firm, wanting to be available to care for her new grandchildren. She also ran the After School program at Durham Academy Middle School, using her crafty abilities to initiate a lot of crafting activities with the kids there. In 2010 she left DA and opened Sew Crafty, offering her own after school program, which is still very active. Toni has enjoyed sewing since she was 12 and loves to share her knowledge. She thinks it’s a great skill to have and wants to make it available to kids, especially now that it is rarely taught in school anymore. It is also a good counter-balance to all the time kids spend on their computers, exposing them to the gratification of creating something with their hands and feeling the pride that results from that.

Naomi

Naomi is Sew Crafty’s #1 assistant teacher. She started out as a student back in 2017 and now she is 18 years old and the best assistant ever! As a Junior at the Durham School of the Arts she started a “Fashion Club” where she taught students to sew and organized a fashion show at the end of the year. Her efforts are being carried on by other students now that she has graduated. She will be majoring in Fashion Design at NC State beginning in Aug. of 2025 but she will still be available to be an assistant teacher. She is integral in making Sew Crafty a successful sewing school!