EmeraldandGinger

Around 9 years ago, I got my first sewing machine. It was small and pink, and I loved spending time getting to know it and even set it up in my kitchen. At the time I was working on sewing quilts with my mom and sister, and found that I wanted to add more details to them. I started cutting out leaves and hearts, out of felt and sewed them on to the quilt top with swirls of movement behind them. After that I started doing the same to the clothing I was wearing, and I began sewing accents onto my wardrobe.

In the fall of that year, I started sewing together the leaves I was cutting out into garlands and selling them to my friends. They were these adorable little hand cut leaves and totally eclectic. From there my very generous bosses at the toy store I was working at offered to sell them in their shop, which then got me started on the long road to learning how to create a business for myself.

Fast forward 8 years, and I am a full fledged business selling at 10 different shops across Canada, and filling orders on Etsy. In the last 2 years I have figured out a way get custom die cut's made of my designs and manually cut my creations, which has saved me countless hours and more importantly my hands.

It's been a beautiful process of learning the in's and out's of both sides of my work. I honestly can say that it truly fills my heart with joy to sew and anyone who knows me will tell you that I will happily do it all day when I have the chance.