For those of you who'd like to expand your repertoire of skills, we've got an embroidery class coming up on May 24. The cool thing about embroidery is that it can go on just about anything. You can embroider clothing, pillows, quilts, greeting cards and anything else you can get a needle through.
This class is taught by the amazing Linda Myers. She designs her own embroidery patterns and sells 'em on etsy.com! She really knows her stuff. You'll also get the embroidery guide pamphlet which has awesome illustrations to remind you how to do it later. I just think embroidery so cool! You can create such interesting textures that give your finished projects that little extra zing! Hope we see you there!
By Cassie
Ps. If you want some inspiration for future embroidery ideas, look on
www.esty.com/embroidery/patterns!
Linda is a longtime customer, and now friend and teacher at Valli & Kim. Linda, like many of you, started sewing early at the age of 10 or so with Barbie clothes and she sewed her own clothes all the way up until high school (until she couldn't stand using her mom's old machine!). Then she picked up needlepoint, knitting and decorative painting. Linda's job (in software development) took her traveling quite a bit and so she got the grand idea to create a slip-cover for those germ-y airplane pillows. This idea spawned her etsy shop. If you're thinking about starting or have an etsy shop, she is the gal to talk to! If fact, her shop kept her so busy for a while that she had to quit her part time job! She's been featured on other blogs like Apartment Therapy for her pillow designs. How cool is that!? When I asked her what tips she had for etsy shop beginners like me, she said to always look for something new. Linda said that good ideas get copied fast, so with in a few weeks to a few months, your product gets buried by all your copycats. If you want to see more of Linda's work go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/lindylou2 !
