(Photo courtesy of MCreativeJ, and used with permission.)
Modern fiber artist Melissa Galbraith combines her passion for stitchery with her love for the colors and patterns of nature.
And she’d like to invite you to use your creativity with her.
Melissa specializes in “botanical fiber art”. Her designs are based on wildflowers, cacti, and anything else of beauty which she sees in her travels. While she creates whimsical decor and wearables, she goes beyond whipping up something fun and offering it for sale.
Instead, through her small business, MCreativeJ, Melissa offers beginner-friendly embroidery kits, workshops, AND a “Pattern Club“, where participants receive a monthly digital pattern.
Melissa teaches several monthly online workshops. Her upcoming ones include a “Cactus Snow Globe” embroidery workshop, as well as several in which participants can craft ornaments featuring cacti in Christmas sweaters!
(Photograph courtesy of MCreativeJ, and used with permission.)
“It doesn’t have to be perfect,” Melissa tells beginners who aren’t sure about their abilities with stitchery. On her blog, she shares tutorials and her favorite embroidery stitches, along with encouragement to just have fun creating something of your own.
Melissa shared the story of her small business and her interest in needlecraft, as well as a preview of the kits she’s exhibiting in Jackalope Art Fair’s Virtual Holiday Market, from now through Friday, December 18th.