Custom Embroidery Art: I Embroider Memories That Haunt Us
Custom Fiber Art by Jacqueline Strano
Some people frame photos.
I stitch the ones that won’t let go.
As a custom fiber artist, I create one-of-a-kind embroidered portraits and mixed-media textile pieces based on personal photographs, family history, vintage imagery, and secret stories. My custom embroidery art doesn’t decorate a wall—it resurrects what’s been forgotten.
I use thread the way others use paint, but my process isn’t sentimental. I treat personal memory as raw material, blending vintage photos, anatomical illustrations, corset ads, fashion ephemera, and film stills into dark, romantic custom artwork. Each piece becomes a haunting record of the past, transformed into bespoke textile art you can hold, frame, and treasure.
🩸 Why Choose Custom Fiber Art?
Unlike prints or digital portraits, hand-embroidered artwork carries time, texture, and presence. Every stitch becomes evidence:
- of loss
- of beauty
- of the stories we hide
- of the ones we dare to bring back
Custom embroidery allows your memory to return with scars intact. I don’t polish the past—I reveal it.
🧵 My Custom Process
I treat your photo like an artifact.
I transfer it to fabric, layer thread, sew shadows before highlights, and add mixed media details like sequins, beads, lace, or historical fragments. The result is a striking, gothic, museum-quality embroidered portrait that feels alive.
No two are ever the same.
Every piece is hand-stitched, archival, and deeply personal, created for collectors who want luxury fiber art that actually means something.
🔮 Commission Custom Embroidery
Whether it’s a family memory, a vintage photo of an ancestor, or a mysterious image with no name, I can transform your story into custom textile artwork. Together, we’ll give your memory a pulse.
🖤 Custom embroidery commissions now open.
Submit your idea, story, or photo to begin.