Scattered Light Stitchery | Hand Embroidery and Mending

repurposing, hand embroidering and mending under the bright sunny skies of Albuquerque, New Mexico

framed window screen hand stitched with the image of a mountain, volcanoes and sun, with negative space prickly pear cactus in the foreground, and the shadow of the stitches showing through the screen on the wall behind it

hand embroidered

slow, purposeful, and one of a kind

vintage postcards hand embroidered in different colors with running stitches in the shapes of chevrons

repurposed materials

secondhand and repurposed materials, including by not limited to thread, fabric, paper

mending

a natural relative to both my embroidery practice and repurposing journey

2026 Markets

2026 Event Dates:
April 11th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
April 18th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
April 19th- Mindful Market, People & Planet Refill, ABQ, 10am-2pm
May 9th- Slow Market, Old Town Plaza ABQ, 4-8pm
May 23rd- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
June 6th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
June 13th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
June 27th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
July 11th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
August 1st- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
August 8th- Slow Market, Old Town Plaza ABQ, 4-8pm
August 15th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
August 29th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
September 12th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
September 19th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
October 10th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
October 24th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon
November 7th- Downtown Growers Market, Robinson Park ABQ, 8am-noon

Daughters of Thos

A collection of collaborative pieces between my sister Heather Holtaway Torres and I.

Heather paints the dreamy spaces in a variety of media for me to carefully embroider through by hand.

Circles Hand Embroidered Painting

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Circles Hand Embroidered Painting

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Luna Moth Hand Embroidered Painting- Full in Metallic Gold

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Luna Moth Hand Embroidered Painting- Full in Metallic Gold

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Luna Moth Hand Embroidered Painting- Left Side in Metallic Gold

Luna Moth Hand Embroidered Painting- Left Side in Metallic Gold

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Luna Moth Hand Embroidered Painting- Left Side in Emerald Green

Luna Moth Hand Embroidered Painting- Left Side in Emerald Green

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Featured Items

Botanical

all things floral and growing

Botanical

close up angled side view of a woman wearing a long oversized olive green jacket with a snake hand embroidered on the sleeve

Shirt Jacket with Hand Embroidered Snake- Size M

Shirt Jacket with Hand Embroidered Snake- Size M

$95.00 USD

$95.00 USD

Paper

hand embroidered paper goods, all secondhand/repurposed materials

Paper

Mending

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New Mexico True Certified

Absolutely made by me

in the state of New Mexico.