Maria Diaz has been a cross stitch designer for 25 years, and she still loves the challenge of designing; and does it very much for the joy of others. “I love that my work evolves when it is stitched and if someone adds their own unique spin to one of my patterns, it gives me a real sense of achievement. The idea that something I have produced goes on and becomes part of someone else’s story bestows a great sense of pride.“