Getting to Know Featured Stitcher Brandy

I love to stitch mandala type, geeky themed, and snarky designs the best. I have been known to do a quote or two and some floral designs.

Tracy Horner from Ink Circles is my absolute favorite designer. I’ve finished 6 of her designs, have 1 in my WIP pile and 3 others kitted and ready to go. Not to mention multiples that I have bought that aren’t kitted up yet.

Brandy’s WIP Pile

Bigger than I’d like to admit. I have almost a gig of PDF charts, a file box of printed charts, 2 large dresser drawers of evenweave, aida and linen, 6 photo boxes of various flosses, and a couple of moving box of finishing supplies (hoops, ribbon, beads, old frames, foam core, craft paper, etc.) That’s just my cross stitch stash.

I’ve been stitching since right before my daughter was born. She’s turning 28 soon.

My grandmother has always been crafty, so I have been around crafts all my life. She did a little embroidery and that’s how I got interested. I bought myself a stamped cross stitch baby announcement for my soon to be daughter. I thought stamped would be easier than counted. I was wrong. That was the last stamped project I have ever done.

I watch TV usually. I am in the middle of X-Files, Star Trek Voyager, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and a few other shows.

I also listen to podcasts and audio books. Podcasts are too many to name. I follow about 40 different podcasts in a variety of subjects. My current audio book is Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher.

Non-stitching time I am reading. I am currently reading Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli.

This year I am really getting into comics/graphic novels and poetry in addition to fiction and non-fiction.

Whether I want them or not, I have 6 cats and a dog. I don’t feel like I need them to stitch, but they are convinced that I NEED them.

My magnifying Ott light is the only other thing I need.
Can’t stitch if you can’t see.

I actually met my boss on the Blogspot stitching circuit 6 or 7 years ago. We met up a few times at our LNS before I started working for her and her husband.

My husband doesn’t stitch, but he is very supportive. He oohs and ahhs over all my work and encourages me to take the time I need to stitch. He even goes with me to the LNS.

My favorite finish is Cirque des Cercles by Ink Circles, of course.

It was stitched on a custom hand-dyed 28 ct evenweave by Stab and Stash (not sure they are around anymore) with Fishpepper 4431 and Fire Dragon silk floss from Hand-Dyed Fibers by Vikki Clayton.

I am a firm believer in licking your floss. How else with they be able to DNA identify your work in the future??