Lou is the vice president and co-owner of Down Home Dreams, Inc.; a company which has been a leader in providing educational materials for sewing machine dealers and educating home embroiderers. She and her partner have been doing embroidery and digitizing since early 1995. She has an Associate Degree in German which is good for absolutely nothing, and a long career in business management which has been utilized greatly in managing DHD. She has tried to combined her 40+ years experience in sewing, crafting, and painting to create the intricate detail shown in her thread art. Creating realistic embroidery is her favorite type of digitizing. She also enjoys editing and manipulating stitches in order to create the cleanest, smoothest running designs possible.