Hello there! I'm Susan O'Bryant, the owner and designer here at Sweet Wing Studio. I'm happily married to my darling, Jeff. We live in the northwest corner of Georgia 🍑 with our sweet cat babies Boo and Maverick.

When I was a little girl in the 1980s, my mom's main hobby was cross stitching. She made many pieces for our home (and for me!) and to give as gifts for family and friends. Naturally, I was interested and eventually made some easy things myself (like a silly fridge magnet which I still have today!). I thankfully inherited her love for creativity and I've dabbled in all sorts of arts and crafts all my life. Crochet, paper crafts, and painting, to name a few. 👩🏻‍🎨

In 2018, one of my favorite crochet designers blogged about the wonderful designs of Satsuma Street, and it got me wondering what else might be new in the good ol' world of cross stitch. So I checked YouTube, found Flosstube (wowzers!) and happily fell down the rabbit hole of cross stitching in the 21st century. I couldn't believe all the beautiful patterns and gorgeous threads that are available now. In my quest to obtain some of those items, while on a trip I stopped by Keepsakes (Have you ever been there? It's amazing), and that's when I knew for certain that I wanted to do more than just stitch for fun. I told the shop owner Barbara 💗 that my visit was life-changing, and she probably thought I was a wacko, but I was serious! I think she knows I’m serious now. 😉

Fast forward a bit, and here I am creating a catalog of my own cross stitch designs and hopefully developing my own kind of style. My faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the most important part of my life and I want to share His many blessings through my designs. I'm awe-inspired by His creations, the natural beauty of this world He created, and it is my prayer that my work will reflect His grace, love and light. 🙏🏻

In 2023, I took a huge step in faith and decided to quit my “real job” to design cross stitch full-time. I am thankful every day for the opportunity and blessing to create little art pieces for others to enjoy. I do hope you will find something in my collection that you would love to stitch for yourself or for your friends and family.