![]() ^ "r/CrossStitch - October's Featured Artist-MIRABILIA!-And our first AMA!!".^ "Farewell, dear Marilyn - Casa Cenina".^ "New Comer Family Obituaries - Marcella H.Made in memory of my sister who passed away in 2012. (I know the framing isnt too good) Close. ![]() Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. "Entrepreneur from Valley loved freedom, library". Cross stitch community - patterns, discussions, giveaways, and competition Press J to jump to the feed. Her daughter Nora is an artist and fellow cross-stitch embroidery designer, under her married name, Nora Corbett. ![]() She died on August 14, 2012, in Newark, New York, aged 66. She had multiple sclerosis but did not widely publicize the fact. She was married three times and had six children: Jeff, Nora, and Elizabeth Adams, Corriander "Corrie" Ferenchak, and Matt and Sarah Imblum. In 2000, she publicly stated her opposition to the unlicensed sharing of needlework patterns on the Internet. Within a decade, her Victorian angel designs were considered among the most popular cross-stitch designs available. The first 25 copies sold almost immediately. ![]() Leavitt-Imblum began publishing embroidery designs around 1986, when she showed her original design "The Quilting", depicting an Amish quilting bee, to the owner of a local needlework shop who told her that if she graphed the design the shop would sell it. Her professional design career began in the 1960s, working as an advertising and fashion illustrator for Strouss and Hartzell, Rose and Sons. She was the daughter of Marcella (née O'Toole) and Earle Leavitt. Leavitt was born August 1, 1946, in Youngstown, Ohio, where she attended Ursuline High School. Her designs were published under the business name Told in a Garden, with product divisions of Told in a Garden, Lavender and Lace, and Butternut Road. Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum (Aug– August 14, 2012) was an American cross-stitch embroidery designer known especially for her Victorian angel designs. ![]()
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