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Châtelaine Designs
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I had a deep love for colors and textures already as a child, and textile arts as well as painting always were an important part of my life since these early days. Educated in crafts and needlework in school as well as at home, it was very natural to me that I took up embroidery and stitching during schooltime, university, and later after being at home with my (then) little baby in 1989.
I took up stitching again then, but I changed ready bought patterns so they accomodated my own taste of color and shape and soon friends and family proposed that I make my own :)) ---- The first designs were made with crayons on math graph paper and from there I went on. From the first designs, I self-published and worked additionally freelance for some German craft magazines for a few years.
After finding what was available in USA in materials compared to Germany - I thought I was in "designer's heaven" and my imagination ran wild with variegated threads, silks, metallics, beads and all the pretty Stash Stuff available for embroidery ! I tried my fingers and needles at many different techniques - one particular love of mine is Silk Ribbon Embroidery.
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