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Alesya Tyshkevich,
Moscow, Russia
Love is one of the
mostpopular topics
for designs in cross
stitching – all those
romantic couples
and hearts, weddings and cupids.
Frankly speaking, I’m not a huge fan of
these categories, but sometimes I really
look for some of them because of the...
superstitions!
They say, a couple of wolves will
bring true love in your life; if you want to
get married – stitch a unicorn. And if
you like to stitch flowers, remember –
peonies are the symbols of love and
even passion. Of course, you may say
that it’s nothing more than just words.
I can agree, but,you know, it works...
Maybe, because we believe in it?
Asfor me, I often look for something
meaningful. Honestly, it’s like a kind of
magic, but – my husband proposed
Michelle Yeoh,
Petaling Jaya,
Malaysia
Love is in the air...
February is upon
us and Valentine’s
Day is just around
the corner! Let me share with you some
of my work, which has been inspired by
our theme of the month.
Ever since I have embarked on this
journey to create customised pieces,
most of my orders to date are for – yes,
you guessed it – weddings!
In fact, my first ever customised
piece produced was for a friend’s
wedding. I had just re-discovered my
passion for cross stitch when I was
informedof their wedding ceremony
that weekend. I wanted to make a
unique and meaningful giftfor the
happy couple, so I resorted to stitching
a customised portrait of them. Still
today, they tell me from time to time
how much they love my gift. I am sure
you all understand how it feels.
Each time I receive such an order,
I do my best to make it unique to that
couple as it will be a giftthat is
right after I finished stitching the
Liverpool FC emblem (it’s one of his
favourites, obviously). To make our
relationship warmer I stitched a
heart-shaped Christmas tree
decoration – and we started to
understand each other better. Finally,
while we had summervacations – I
bought a kit of the wolf’s family. After a
year this picture turned into our family
guardian: wolves are a great symbol of
love and devotion in CS, and when they
are with their cubs – well, it’s like a
double luck! I can’t say that I’m a
superstitious one, but I just can’t ignore
such things. People like fairy tales and
magical stories, so why not to make our
cross stitchings a little bit more special?
Remember that love is always around.
The wolf’s family – one of my
favourites! 5
The Liverpool emblem, in Russia we call
this sortof shape a ‘vympel’ meaning
‘smth’ like a symbol in a triangle form 6
Alesyais 27years old, marriedand has
a babydaughter. Sheworksina
schooland has beenstitchingfor four
years. FindherYouTubechannelat
http://www.youtube.com/ricamatrice.
Joy is married, a homemaker and
recently celebrated the arrival ofherfirst
grandchild.Shelives atthe footof
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