Krista West

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. The enthusiastic response to her folk embroidery-inspired designs led her to write "Everyday Folk: Over 175 folk embroidery designs for the home, inspired by traditional textiles" in which she shares 14 essential projects, easy finishing techniques, and loads of gorgeous charts for counted thread cross stitch. She happily spends her days in the workshop of her 1923 home in the beautiful Pacific NW, running Avlea Folk Embroidery, designing patterns, giving virtual lectures, and stitching!