Thank you for your interest in Stitching in Circles! All the items in my shop would not exist if it were not for my mother. She has been sewing since she was a child, and she quilts, knits, and embroiders with such enthusiasm that it finally rubbed off on me. Additionally, all the yoyos that feature in my designs are scraps from her mountainous fabric collection -- and many of the buttons were rescued from her treasure of a button box, full of vintage and antique buttons, some from *her* mother's button box! Both of my great-grandmothers on my mother's side were seamstresses, so it carries on a ways back.

I learned to sew from my mother and hope to carry on the tradition to my children, too. I live in California and sew everything I sell on Etsy in my spare time in the little Berkeley house I share with my boyfriend. I am finishing my PhD soon, so who knows where we'll all be in 6 months, but we are loving the household we have now.