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Legal Assistant Instructor Competes to Host Oprah Show

By Lynne DeVenny

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A crafty adjunct professor in the Legal Assistant Program at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida wants to be the next big TV star on Oprah's new television network, OWN.

And by "crafty," I mean that literally. Vanessa Wilson, who has a law degree from the University of Florida and blogs about quilting and sewing at Crafty Gemini, is a contestant in an online video competition for a chance to win her own show, Patch Works, on OWN.

Wilson teaches sewing classes at Cootie Coo Creations in High Springs, and also offers free video tutorials on her YouTube channel. She has over 500 subscribers to her free monthly newsletter. She told The Gainesville Sun that she plans to teach viewers how to re-purpose every day items:

Wilson plans to teach viewers to make things out of items they probably already have at home, such as cloth diapers made from towels and children's clothes made from old T-shirts.
"It's a tough economy," she said. "People are whipping out that old sewing machine and starting to make stuff. And there's nothing better than a hand-made gift."

You can see Wilson's video audition here, as well as cast your vote for her.

I love the quilted netbook cover she shows off in the video, and am excited to see the "Laptop Cover Tutorial" at her blog. I'm going to give it to my oldest daughter, the graduate student in costume construction, and subtly hint that this would make a great Christmas gift.

Sources: Crafty Gemini; LinkedIn; The Gainesville Sun

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on June 26, 2010 (boomark / email).