Stitch Life Magazine Issue 1
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Paola Zucchetti<br />
About me<br />
@mycreamlife<br />
I live in Italy and my craft is punch needle. As a child<br />
I always liked to play with fabrics, colours, glue and scissors.<br />
It’s something that always belonged to me. Then, when<br />
I was 8 years old, I went to a summer school run by nuns.<br />
They taught me to crochet and I loved it.<br />
I discovered punch needle by browsing Pinterest and<br />
Instagram and it soon became a passion. I am a primary<br />
school teacher so I craft during the weekends or in the<br />
evenings to relax. I also like to listen to music, read novels<br />
and spend time with my family.<br />
About my work<br />
I think my work is colourful, minimal and fun. Punch needle<br />
helps me to express my creativity. I like the fact that it’s really<br />
easy to create whatever I have in mind because the process<br />
consists of drawing on a canvas and then filling the drawing<br />
with threads. It’s rather like painting. I begin by choosing<br />
the colours I want to use, then I start my design. My colour<br />
choices are usually a lot of white and pastels.<br />
I’m inspired by the things that surround me everyday;<br />
nature, little objects I find in shops and even pictures I see<br />
on Instagram and Pinterest. My favourite punch needle<br />
crafter whom I admire a lot is ‘bookhou’ on Instagram:<br />
www.instagram.com/bookhou<br />
Colour-wise I’m inspired by idainteriorlifestyle. I love<br />
how she uses colours. www.idainteriorlifestyle.com<br />
www.instagram.com/idainteriorlifestyle<br />
Paola<br />
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