About me
I have a degree in computer science and worked in the legal field for years, which is not quite a typical start for an artist, right?
Being creative started very early in my life. I played and experimented with anything fiber related, which evolved into sewing, quilting, weaving, spinning....well, you get the picture. Machine embroidery came much later when I became fascinated with threads and the process of using a cad-type software and being able to manually transform objects into thread art. Everything I saw was fair game to be analyzed in my head, pulled apart and pondered upon. If I took that image and chopped it up into objects, what types of stitches would fit well and enhance the design; how would I best path it and then transform it into thread to stitch out. It's crazy fun for me, and I am still amazed at how beautiful it is!
Being creative started very early in my life. I played and experimented with anything fiber related, which evolved into sewing, quilting, weaving, spinning....well, you get the picture. Machine embroidery came much later when I became fascinated with threads and the process of using a cad-type software and being able to manually transform objects into thread art. Everything I saw was fair game to be analyzed in my head, pulled apart and pondered upon. If I took that image and chopped it up into objects, what types of stitches would fit well and enhance the design; how would I best path it and then transform it into thread to stitch out. It's crazy fun for me, and I am still amazed at how beautiful it is!
If you are searching for a digitizer, I welcome the opportunity to assist you. I also offer classes for back office production.
I'm a firm believer that you should make visual decisions visually. In the picture to the left, the company wanted everything you see in the second version to be on the left chest of the servers. I recommended that they eliminate the smaller tag line for clarity. However, they stood by their initial decision to include everything and wanted to move forward. When I went to meet with them for their review and approval, I took the alternate version that I originally had recommended so they could compare the two. Once the two versions were viewed, my recommendation made sense. Now that they were able to see them together, they chose the cleaner, easier to read version which is the top stitching in the picture. Having patrons easily read the company name was ultimately more important than including the additional lettering.
I'm a firm believer that you should make visual decisions visually. In the picture to the left, the company wanted everything you see in the second version to be on the left chest of the servers. I recommended that they eliminate the smaller tag line for clarity. However, they stood by their initial decision to include everything and wanted to move forward. When I went to meet with them for their review and approval, I took the alternate version that I originally had recommended so they could compare the two. Once the two versions were viewed, my recommendation made sense. Now that they were able to see them together, they chose the cleaner, easier to read version which is the top stitching in the picture. Having patrons easily read the company name was ultimately more important than including the additional lettering.
