Taking my love of software development, digital art and cross stitching and merging them into an incredible passion.
Hello Stitchers of all ages!
I've been cross stitching for as long as I can remember and I love it completely. The creativity of it drives me to create more and to share with those I love.
Then came time to become an adult and get to work in the real world. And that's where my other passion came into play…computers.
I got my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science and set out to find a career. And I did…I was a paid code monkey at last. (YEA!) I worked my way up the ranks in that company all the way to VP of Software Development (it's a small company but hey I climbed the ranks of 10 people) but something was still missing.
Oh sure, I still cross stitched in some of my spare time but still something wasn't quite there. Then I realized that the patterns that I was stitching still weren't quite what I was looking for. So I started to create my own patterns. My first pattern was a sporty red Boxster car. I took that pattern and stitched it and framed it and gave it to my brother.
It was the greatest feeling to see something creative from start to finish and to see his reaction to something that he knew was uniquely made for him.
I knew then that I needed a creative outlet and my gut told me that there were others like me out there that just couldn't quite find the patterns they were looking for in their heart of hearts. So I started creating small patterns and gave them to friends who shared my love of cross stitching. They loved them.
And now I'm bringing those patterns here to Etsy and to all the cross stitchers out there looking for something different.
But what, you may be asking yourselves, does my love of computers and computer programming and software development have to do with cross stitching?
Well, images on computers are made up of pixels…little squares of color group together to form these incredible images…just like stitching little Xs on fabric into little squares. So it's not that great a leap for a geek like me to make. And that's where the name of my store gets its name.
I hope you enjoy my patterns as much as I do and I look forward to hearing from you about them. I'd be happy to take any requests from you for patterns you'd like to see. Just shoot me a quick email and I will get back to you as quickly as I can.
Happy Stitching!
Dorothy Zwierz
PixelStitchStudio.com
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