Some
of you already know me, but for those of you who don’t, let me tell
you a little about myself.
I
discovered Silk Ribbon Embroidery
(SRE) in 1994, when I found a wonderful book on the subject by
Judith Baker Montano. I
immediately became enamored with this beautiful art form . . . and
decided to give it a try.
I became completely addicted!
A
designer by nature (including original knitted and crocheted works) I
began to design my own patterns using silk ribbon.
I have created and sold hundreds of SRE pieces through retail
venues and craft shows, where I found a growing clientele for my
creations.
A
few years later, my husband and I acquired a computer, and a whole new
world unfolded!
I found more SRE enthusiasts, and was glad for the chance to
find out more about what others were doing and to share what I was
doing with them.
I met other designers who kept insisting that I should be
submitting my creations to magazines for publication.
In
early 1999, I did just that . . . and was invited to submit a sample
of my work to the Needle Worker magazine.
With a hope and a prayer I forwarded my first piece to the
editor, Deanna Hall West, and was thrilled when she informed me that
the magazine did, in fact , want to publish this and two other pieces!
It was a dream come true! The
'Silk Ribbon Boudoir Set' was presented in the Oct./Nov. 2000 issue!
Since
then I've had several other articles published: the Melanie Rose
stitch debuted in the Spring/Summer 2001 issue of Quilting Arts
magazine; the Flower Basket Brooch was featured in the May/June 2002
issue of Piecework magazine (in the NeedleWorker section) and the
November/December 2002 issue of same featured a Silk Ribbon
Frame, which was a collaborative effort with Deanna Hall West (from
her pattern, I stitched the model and penned the instructions).
During this time, I was also creating and publishing my own designs
that were featured on this site and happily supplying patterns and
kits to a multitude of SRE enthusiasts.
These
days......I have a very demanding full-time career in
retail.....and simply do not have the time to create as I used to,
or to compose those kits. I do hope that I may resume doing so
some day......as I truly enjoyed making so many Stitchers happy!
I am
planning....and have actually begun working on a collective of
patterns which I hope to release sometime in the future. I
know many of you out there have anticipated this for years, and hope
that when this work is completed that your patience will have
been rewarded.
I
thank all of you who have visited my site and enjoyed my
offerings over the years! I look forward to
sharing new things with you again in the future!