In the Breeze was established in 1985 by Bill Dual and Debbie Schomberg. After “retiring” from a major retail store chain, Bill and Debbie started In the Breeze, designing and producing products in the spare bedroom of a rental house in Sunriver, Oregon. We purchased weather-resistant fabrics by the yard, findings by the dozens, and printed our own labels. We hand-cut, sewed with a newly purchased New Home machine, finished, and packed every item. Our first design was a 3D lotus-shaped flower with two additional flower sizes in varying complementary colors including rainbow, a rainbow fish, and an orca windsock following soon after. This small collection completed the original In the Breeze product lineup. Selling as much as we were able to carry, we packed up the van and drove to stores throughout the Northwest and Northern California. In 1987, we exhibited at our first trade shows in Portland and San Francisco.
