🎤 Next Speaker: Emma McKee, @thestitchgawd

Emma McKee isn’t your average cross stitcher. Born in Kansas City, she was first introduced to the medium through her mother, a British opera singer who frequently attempted to teach Emma how to stitch during her childhood. Yet she always refused to learn, finding the British craft too antiquated — that is, until she found a way to make cross stitching work for her.

In 2014, Emma stitched her first piece: An adaptation of Will Prince’s artwork for Chance the Rapper’s song “Hey Ma.” She followed that with a piece for street artist JC Rivera, Chicago’s “Bear Champ.” Her portfolio expanded from there, as she firmly planted herself within Chicago’s rap community, as the scene’s preeminent — and only — hip-hop cross stitcher, earning the name Stitch Gawd.

Since 2014, she’s created countless pieces for musicians and artists both in and outside Chicago.

📅 Friday, November 15th at 8:30-10am

📍 ⭐ In-Person Only ⭐ at Marwen - 833 N. Orleans St., Chicago, 60610

🎵 DJ Mike Caliber

🎟️ Registration Opens TODAY! (Friday, November 8th at 9am). Tickets go first come, first served. Limited!

👋 High fives and humble gratitude to our local sponsors: Big Shoulders Coffee | Busy Beaver Button Company | Downstate Donuts | DJ Mike Caliber

💛 And a big shout out to our global partner: Adobe