KRISTA WEST

Hello and welcome to Avlea! I'm Krista West, founder and designer. My work as a specialty tailor to Greek Orthodox churches first took me to Greece, where I discovered Greek folk embroidery. For over a decade, I have been dazzled and delighted by the vast array of traditional folk embroidery, much of which is inspired by ancient Byzantine and Roman art and is seen virtually everywhere, from grand museums to tiny chapels to the humblest of homes... Embroidery kits and patterns inspired by Mediterranean Folk Embroidery