Linda Wyszynski of Hearthside Creations, LLC, is an award-winningneedlearts designer withmore than 20 years of experience. She specializes in embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, fabric beading, needlepoint, and cross-stitch, and enjoys using embellishments as well as stamps and stencils to highlight needlework. Linda alsoteaches internationally, including the needlework correspondence classes for the Embroiderers' Guild of America's Education Department. Shehas authored and co-authoredseveral books and contributedarticles toCraft, Needlework, Home Decor, and many other magazines. She lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.