How it Was Born
The First Stitch
May 2023
It was my father’s birthday that I first picked up a needle, a few threads and quite a large embroidery hoop! I was home and relatively free so I looked up on YouTube and started to embroider a bouquet of roses tied together with a green string and a text that said, “Happy Birthday, Papa!” He was so happy with receiving this gift that he continues to keep it in his briefcase and carries it with him literally everywhere!
The Second Stich
HELLO
From Hobby To Healing
August 2023
Documentary filmmaking can be a tough job given you are working with real people’s very difficult realities of life. It can seep into your own life if you don’t place certain boundaries. I struggled to maintain distance with the people I filmed until I started embroidering. Embroidery became my counterbalance. A way to process what I had heard and seen while filming, through colors and textures of cotton threads! Each loop I was forming allowed me to be more at peace.
The First Pendant
October 2023
The First Pendant
I created my first wearable piece in October 2023. I learned embroidery basics from YouTube tutorials, starting with small flowers that were too beautiful not to share. I created floral bookmarks and an "S" for a friend. The therapeutic process of making something with my own hands instead hooked me completely.
Wedding Gifts
January 2024
Wedding Gifts
My wedding became the perfect opportunity to give my creations as gifts to friends. It was my first time making so many pieces by hand and setting them onto a pendant but what a challenge that was! I eventually gifted each piece as a return gift to my friends at my wedding and it made me SO happy!
