I take after my mother, who was always very crafty. When I was a kid, she’d spend hours upon hours and late nights in the basement of our home (which unfortunately was where my Nintendo was) making dolls and teddy bears and stuff for our church’s annual “Christmas Boutique” craft fair. I swelled with pride that my mom had the best display table in our church’s gymnasium that was packed with shoppers. Even as a kid I was fascinated by her craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail. Before I was born, she used to make a lot of cross-stitches as gifts that I’d later see on display at relative’s homes. I always thought her Norman Rockwell patterns were super impressive. In her recent retired years, she took up cross-stitching once again and produced a ton more work.
I always thought it would be neat to learn the craft and make my own cross-stitches of video game scenes, so one visit home I sat mom down and made her teach me and I became instantly obsessed! I was always really into video games and their pixel graphics and thought cross-stitch would be a really cool way to recreate some of my favorite scenes from the old games I loved. I find the practice very zen, and like my mom, have spent many late nights obsessing on my latest piece.
I created “STITCH-BIT”, pixel perfect video game cross-stitch compositions and I make my own patterns from actual game screens (each a one-of-a-kind I’ll never repeat). I originally started just to make my own art to hang on my walls, but I only have so much wall space! I started showing my work on Instagram to positive feedback then eventually started a store on Etsy and started selling some and getting custom commission requests. I’d love to make a STITCH-BIT for you – just reach out: bryan@stitch-bit.com! In the meantime, I’m just having fun and am proud to be following in my mother’s crafty footsteps!
XXX – Bryan.
