Meet Tatiana

Dear stitching friend,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to my digital studio and craft shop.

I am Tatiana Popova, embroidery designer, international tutor and book author. The journey to my business in the field of arts and crafts started long ago. I became passionate about stitching at an early age. Colour combinations, hand-made texture and flower patterns always appealed to me strongly.

Having studied floristry design, I dreamt of making my way in the flower arrangement business. But that dream was not to come true. It was very hard for me to accept, and I was desperately looking for an alternative. I felt very much attached to flora, and could hardly imagine my life without flowers. Eventually I found the art of silk ribbon embroidery and started stitching flower bouquets in silk ribbon and thread.

In 2009 I made my first steps in the embroidery business by tutoring and participating in craft events. By the early summer of 2011 my first series of ribbon embroidery kits were available. I was invited to participate in the Beads Create Japan craft show in Tokyo with my Victorian Bouquet ribbon embroidery design. It was a success, and the next year I taught classes in Yokohama.

That was the beginning of my international tutoring, and since 2013 I had been exhibiting and teaching at numerous craft events both in the UK and USA. That same year I published my first embroidery book which soon became a bestseller. In early 2017, missing surface embroidery, I designed my first crewel embroidery pattern. And I was pleased to see the high demand for a kit, so I started crewel work on a business scale also. That led me to a new page in my design, tutoring and book writing.

The owl-crafts website reflects both my current job and my intentions for the future. A nice variety of embroidery kits, silk ribbon, gifts and tutorials for beginners and beyond are all available here.

Enjoy browsing – and it would be lovely to hear back from you.