Podcast Episode #267: Krista West of Avlea Folk Embroidery
In this podcast interview, Krista West talks about her path from creating vestments for the Greek Orthodox Church to embroidery patterns.
Podcast Episode #239: Stephanie Rohr
In this podcast, Stephanie Rohr traces her journey from being an actor to designing cross stitch patterns with bold, political messages.
Avlea Brings Greek Folk Embroidery to the US Market
Through her business, Avlea Folk Embroidery, Krista West is bringing Greek folk embroidery designs to the US market through kits and patterns.
Samplers, Swearwords and Sass: A Look at Modern Cross Stitch
We take a look at modern cross stitch movements that include political, snarky, sassy and subversive messages.
Podcast Episode #172: Stitch People
On this podcast episode, Spencer and Lizzy Bean of Stitch People talk about how they built their business creating cross stitch portraits including pivoting from custom one-of-kind products to patterns and a 100+ page book, plus offering events to the Stitch People community.
Satsuma Street Attracts New Cross-Stitchers with Modern-Meets-Retro Designs
Jody Rice is the face behind Satsuma Street, a cross stitch design company that offers both digital PDFs and printed cross stitch patterns, as well as complete cross stitch kits. Rice’s tag line is “changing people’s minds about cross stitch since 2013,” and if you take a look at her modern colorful designs, you’ll see why!
Show Report: The Nashville Needlework Market
Nashville, Tennessee is home to country music, hot chicken, and for one weekend a year, cross stitch. The Nashville Needlework Market, the only trade show dedicated solely to cross stitch, has been around in various forms for decades and represents the industry’s biggest buying event of the year.
Podcast Episode #91: Susan Fitzgerald of Red Gate Stitchery
On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about launching a kit and pattern business with my guest, Susan Fitzgerald. Susan lives near me in the Boston […]