State-Inspired Hoop Art Celebrates the Natural Beauty of Places We Live

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If you’ve lived some­where for a while, chances are you feel some pride for that place. It’s why US state-inspired t‑shirts and jew­el­ry are wild­ly pop­u­lar. Celeste John­ston of Lemon Made Shop has cre­at­ed an embroi­dered twist on this trend with her state-themed hoop art. From the East to the West to the Mid­west, she stitch­es a bold out­line of the state and then dec­o­rates the inte­ri­or with its flow­ers, fruit, and oth­er defin­ing fea­tures of the landscape.

Each state embroi­dery is made-to-order, and some of the flo­rals don’t quite match up with the state. There was a per­son, for instance, that request­ed cac­ti stitched in the state of Pennsly­va­nia. If you’ve ever been to PA, you know that the only cac­ti you’ll see are pot­ted in some­one’s home.

Celeste sells her work in the Lemon Made Etsy shop.