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My baby brother turned 38 this past week, so I took a break from embroidering ornaments to embroider a couple hankies for him.
First up, since he is a Star Wars fan, I embroidered a Storm Trooper on one corner of a hankie, and Darth Vader on the opposite corner.
My brother and my hubby both have [...]
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READING
~ Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett — Loved this book. I didn’t read anything about it before I read it, and I think that allowed the story to unfold quite beautifully for me because I had no expectations. It’s a slow-moving story, but that makes sense as you read it. It did tug at my [...]
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Stitching: A cute little design from Stitchin’ Retro, by Leisure Arts, onto the apron of one of the folks in my group for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5 (a round-robin embroidery swap) — if you follow that link, click on the “Show Images Only” tab and then enjoy looking at the fabulous stitching that’s [...]
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CRAFTING: This is the design I added to aada’s apron for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5 (if you follow that link, click the tab that says “show images only” so you can see just the stitching and skip all the discussion!).
In keeping with a nautical theme, I found this free sailboat suncatcher design on [...]
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Last night, I finished the Urban Threads “Geisha Girl” design I embroidered on kittykill’s towel for the Craftster Tea Towel Tour 5. Since kittykill is planning to frame the designs that are stitched on her towel (ie, they won’t be washed), I decided to do some crayon-tinting on the design before I stitched it. Kittykill’s [...]
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