The Suburbanite:
When Marie Zinno was a new mom she taught herself how to sew.
At the time, the Jackson Township resident couldn’t have possibly imagined she was laying the foundation for a successful at-home business.
But that’s exactly what she did, one stitch, one project, at a time.
“I started to sew when my son was a baby,” Zinno, 42, explained. “He was a good napper, and I didn’t want to clean all day and I didn’t want to watch soap operas, so I taught myself how to sew. It kind of just mushroomed from there.”
Zinno’s business, Sew Creative Embroidery, was born out of those early days. She is quick to point out that she never fancied herself a sewer, especially in high school economics.
“I am not very good at following directions,” she noted, with a smile. “I’m more visual. So, (when I was sewing) I would look at the pattern and then say to myself ‘I will figure it out on my own.’ That has caused a lot of mistakes, but you learn from your mistakes and you never do it again. That’s what’s so wonderful about embroidery. There are not a whole lot of directions, so I can just embellish and have fun as I want.”
Photo by “T” altered art