My love of sewing and embroidery began at an early age and was always there in the background, even though other things seemed to take precedence during the years of raising a family and working as a paralegal in law firms. When home embroidery machines were first introduced into the marketplace, I was fascinated with the way these embroidery machines would combine my love of sewing with the decorative arts, but it was several years before I actually took the plunge and purchased my first machine.

We all have a story to tell as to how we started with machine embroidery. When our daughter told us we would soon become first-time grandparents, I immediately celebrated by going out and purchasing my first embroidery machine. That first machine started a journey into machine embroidery that has evolved from digitizing my first designs, even before there were computerized software programs, to beginning my own web site in 1996 and to the point now where I not only digitize my own designs, but also teach others the joys of digitizing and editing designs in on-line downloadable monthly lessons with my Champagne Club of Design Editing and Splitting and Studio Club of digitizing, and also in classes both locally and as a travel teacher, both in Canada and the United States. It has been and continues to be a journey that is both personally fulfilling and always interesting as I meet so many of you who share my love of embroidery.

Kathy Jones
email: kathy@flyingneedle.ca