Melissa Galbraith is the fiber artist behind MCreativeJ. She was born and raised in the desert of Washington state where her mother instilled a love of making things by hand at an early age. Melissa shares her love of nature through whimsical and modern hand embroidery kits, hands-on workshops, and her DIY craft books: How to Embroider Texture and Pattern,  DIY Embroidered Shoes, and 3D Botanical Embroidery & Stumpwork.

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Melissa is a full time artist. She loves playing with texture and pattern in fiber arts. For her, embroidery is like coloring with a needle and thread. 

 

With her embroidery kits, workshops, and books, Melissa's goal is to make it easy to learn to embroider for makers of all skill levels. Melissa favorite part of crafting is seeing someone fall in love with the needle arts, especially that magical ah-ha moment of learning something new.​