My story
One pair of hands, five years in.
I’m the whole studio — the person who answers your email, matches your thread, and finishes every edge. Here’s how Edelweiss came to be, and why I stitch the way I do.
Houston, Texas
A nurse who learned to stitch.
Edelweiss grew up beside my nursing career. I started stitching in the hours around my shifts, and over five years it became a second calling — one that lets me put my hands to something a family keeps.
Everything ships from my studio here in Houston. When you write in, you’re writing to me.
My signature
Why appliqué.
Appliqué is the more refined form of embroidery, and it’s the one I chose. Instead of filling a letter with dense thread, I stitch a shape of fabric down, hand-cut it free with small scissors, and finish the edge in satin stitch. It takes longer — but the letter has real dimension, a raised and ribbon-smooth edge you can run a thumb across.
I digitize many of my own letterforms in Embrilliance and StitchArtist, so a monogram is drawn for your initials rather than pulled from a stock set. It’s the difference between a gift that looks personalized and one that actually is.
Matched by eye
I keep Madeira, Isacord, Sulky, and Exquisite threads on hand and match the tone to your fabric by eye — not by a number on a chart.
230 colors, on custom
Custom pieces start from the full Michael Miller Cotton Couture range — 230 cotton solids, with welting to match or contrast.
The way I work
Slower, on purpose.
Because it’s one pair of hands, every piece is proofed before it’s sewn — you approve the exact layout, thread, and placement first. It’s how I make sure a personalized gift is right the only time it can be.