Katrina Kelley, Seamstress & owner of amphitrite linens studio, wearing glasses, smiling, holding a glass jar with a bouquet of flowers, including white and purple blooms, in a bright room with large windows.

Hi, I'm Katrina.

I'm the woman behind Amphitrite Studio.

I make beautiful, useful things for the home and kitchen here in coastal Maine. Linen towels that actually get used. Aprons that get better with wear. Napkins that make an ordinary Tuesday dinner feel a little more special.

Basically, I believe the everyday stuff deserves to be beautiful, too.

And I’ve been sewing for almost as long as I can remember.

My mother taught me to sew when I was four years old. She gave me the skills, patience, and appreciation for making things well that eventually became the foundation for Amphitrite Studio.

I officially started the business in 2012, but the roots go much deeper than that.

A woman wearing a black sleeveless top and a ginger linen amphitrite cafe apron standing against a plain white wall.

Made for real life.

I'm drawn to things that are useful first, beautiful second, and even better when they're both.

I love natural fibers, beautiful texture, a good raw edge, a perfectly imperfect wrinkle, and the way linen gets softer and more lived-in with every wash.

My designs are simple, but never boring. They're meant to be pulled out of the cupboard, thrown over your shoulder, put to work, washed, used again, and eventually become part of the story of your home.

Because I don't think beautiful things need to be precious.

Person arranging copper-colored forks on a rose linen amphitrite cloth napkin on a white marble table.

A little bit of Maine.

Amphitrite Studio is based in Newcastle, Maine, where I design, cut, sew, wash, press, photograph, package, and ship each small batch myself.

Living here has a pretty big influence on what I make. Maine has a way of making you appreciate good materials, useful things, changing seasons, and the beauty of a slower, more intentional kind of life.

You'll find a little bit of all of that in my work.

So, why Amphitrite?

Amphitrite is the Greek goddess of the sea and the wife of Poseidon. She's also associated with the golden spindle. That little detail caught my attention.

A goddess with a spindle seemed like a pretty fitting namesake for a woman who spends an unreasonable amount of time surrounded by linen and thread.

And because linen is, in my opinion, basically the fiber of the gods, the name stuck.

Katrina Kelley, Seamstress and owner of amphitrite studio linens... A person with tattoos is sewing on a Juki sewing machine. In the background, there is a wooden panel and a white vase with green plants on a windowsill.

The things I make are meant to be lived with.

I'm not interested in creating things that sit around looking pretty and waiting for a special occasion.

I want the apron covered in flour.

The towel hanging from the oven handle.

The napkins that have seen a hundred dinners.

The tablecloth that gets wrinkled because dinner was good and nobody cared enough to iron it.

That's the kind of beauty I'm after.

Useful. Natural. A little imperfect. And made to last.

Thanks for being here and for supporting a tiny, very hands-on business.

I'm really glad you found me.