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Profession/business: Textile designer and owner of Camilla David Textiles, a home furnishings textile design company in Bethesda that specializes in original designs and embroidered prints on natural fabrics imported from India. "Our inaugural Belle Fleur Collection consists of 40 designs in 27 colorways [and] is sold through eight leading design centers across the U.S., including J. Lambeth & Co. in Washington, D.C. I have just launched the CDT Coordinates Collection, which is comprised of 88 offerings, as a complement. My previous professional experience was as an interior designer, fundraiser and theater director."

Age: "Over 40."

Residence: Bethesda.

Family: "Husband, stepchildren — and miniature schnauzer, Melissa."

Last book read: Cari Beauchamp's "Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years" and Lisa Monnas' "Merchants, Princes and Painters: Silk Fabrics in Italian and Northern Paintings, 1300-1550."

Last movie seen: "The Blind Side."

Next vacation spot: A month at the beach in Rehoboth in August.

Hobbies: Dogs; watching Hollywood movies from the 1930s and '40s and old episodes of "EastEnders"; gardening; Washington Ballet Women's Committee; and working on a book on textiles.

Latest accomplishments: "I have new textile designs coming out in a few months and am working with a colorist on the designs. I am also revamping my Web site and adding four new showrooms in the West."

How she keeps fresh ideas coming: Visit shows at the National Gallery of Art and the Textile Museum. Observe what young and elder people wear on the streets for color inspiration.

Quote: "Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one." — Stella Adler