About Everyday Folk: over 175 folk embroidery designs for the home inspired by traditional textiles:

Join embroidery designer, Krista West, as she takes us on a tour of folk embroidery from the Mediterranean world and beyond. She'll share her new book, Everyday Folk: over 175 folk embroidery designs for the home, inspired by traditional textiles along with some of the embroideries she stitched for the book. Learn about historic folk embroidery's vibrant colors and motifs which originate in the Classical and Byzantine eras and have been stitched and passed down through the generations for millenia. Krista will describe her work with these textiles and how she is adapting them for a new generation of makers. With her trademark energy and enthusiasm, Krista delights in sharing ancient beauty with the modern world!

Author bio:

Krista West delights in bringing ancient beauty to the modern world with embroidery designs inspired by traditional Mediterranean folk textiles. Introduced to traditional folk embroidery in Greece, she fell in love with the vibrant colors and historic motifs and began stitching textiles for her own home. She quickly realized there was still much interest in this historic craft and opened Avlea Folk Embroidery to share the beauty of folk embroidery with others. She happily spends her days in the workshop of her 1923 home in Salem, Oregon, designing patterns and making kits for customers and shops around the world. Learn more about Krista and her work at avleaembroidery.com.