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Cottage. She has been crafting, drawing and writing since an early
age, and has been an avid cross-stitcher since the late 1980’s.
In November 2003 Tracy decided to produce a number of handmade
buttons for a craft sale at a local cross-stitchers’ retreat: all of them
sold out in the first five minutes. Shortly after, Fiddlestitch Cottage
was born.
Tracy soon expanded the variety and complexity of the designs so
that there are currently over 50 different buttons in the Fiddlestitch
Cottage line. All of them are made individually by her hand, and
most of them are hand-cut and hand-shaped, so that no two are
exactly alike.
Tracy added cross-stitch patterns to the product line in 2004, and
at present there are a dozen designs available with several others in
preparation. Many of the patterns are sold with Fiddlestitch
Cottage handmade buttons included.
Dedicated cross-stitchers will appreciate Tracy’s frequent use of
novel and interesting specialty stitches, her charming buttons, and
the way her designs evoke a sense of nature, celebrations and the
passage of the seasons. Tracy also composes all of the verses used in
her cross-stitch designs, such as the "Ode to a Fiddlehead" and
"Wishful Stitching".
