Our Founders & Creators
Sandra Caraveo, Owner Vibras Bonitas
Sandra is the creative mind behind Vibras Bonitas and one half of the heart behind The Stitch House. A lifelong El Pasoan and proud 915 native, her love for sewing and making began early, learning small projects alongside her grandmother. Years later, she returned to embroidery and rediscovered how grounding and joyful making by hand could be.
At The Stitch House, Sandra teaches sewing and embroidery classes and helps curate the shop’s fabrics, tools, and handmade goods. A proud UTEP alum, she studied communications and advertising and has spent more than 20 years working in the nonprofit sector, including workforce development and adult education. She is proud to be a first-generation Latina business owner building something rooted in creativity and community in her hometown.
Outside the studio, Sandra loves spoiling her nieces and nephews, traveling, and making the most of every adventure.
Lizbeth Sanchez Pineda, Owner Cushi Cushi 915
Lizbeth is a multidisciplinary artist with experience in community theatre and dance education on both sides of the border. She graduated with a bachelor’s in graphic design from Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez and a master’s in education from Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Since 2018, she became a self-taught embroiderer and fiber artist, documenting and sharing her creative endeavors on Instagram as CushiCushi915.
In 2021, she started setting up at local art shows and markets, designing, creating and selling DIY kits and embroidery patterns as well as exhibiting work at local galleries. She was one of the 25 selected US winners of the Joann Craft Stores Minority Program Grant in 2021.
Since 2022, she has taught children, teens, adults, seniors and people with different abilities how to find joy in hand embroidery and fiber art. She has led classes and workshops at different local businesses, as well as with the El Paso Museum of Art, the Mexican American Cultural Center, the Las Cruces Museum of Art, the EPCC Papagayo Project and at the Socorro Independent School District.
Her main inspirations are traditional Mexican embroidery, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez desert landscapes, migration and the unique “in the between” experience that comes with growing up immersed in the Frontera (border) culture, which refers to living in a liminal space of duality and hybridity.