Animals and art have been a large part of my life for as long as I can remember. I started out with pencil, and pen & ink illustration (of animals of course), but working with exotic animals and wildlyfe was my career of choice. After working for many years as zookeeper and veterinary assistant at an exotic pet clinic, I discovered that art was really a necessary part of my life. I found myself drawn back into more creative endeavors. I started illustrating again, and then my mom introduced me to machine embroidery. She had a fabric store at the time, and sold embroidery machines. She insisted that I should learn to digitize and create embroidery designs from my artwork.
20+ years of working with wildlife and exotic pets has left its mark on me. Realistic animals and birds have become my specialty. Each of these designs takes many many hours to complete, but I find such joy in the final design that it is well worth the work.
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Linda on Apr 26, 2025
5 out of 5 starsNice Eclectus patterns. I was going to embroider for a friend.
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Chris on Dec 23, 2024
5 out of 5 starsLovely. My grandsons just love our Conure and they have been asking for a mugrug.
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Carmen on Apr 22, 2024
5 out of 5 starsWhat a great digitized parrot design! Most have redundant and heavy stitching, then puckering problems. This one has the perfect amount of stitches and showcases the accent colors much better. I love it! Thank You
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