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Single Use Trash Sucks - Tiny Planet Tote Bag Designed by Dorothea Mordan. Sold by Chandler Designs

Life is a banquet…bring your feast gear

One little virus created a big pandemic, but along with devastating challenges came opportunities to make positive changes as we reenter each other’s company. Life is a banquet…bring your feast gear, as in, don’t bring single use products to your next social reentry party. Like many, I woke up each day during 2020-2021 hearing more […]

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Crewel Stitching Project – Part 2 Choosing colors and stitches

Continuing from Part 1: In the last week I have drawn the design onto linen, chosen several colors and stitches and started the stitching. This past week was Thanksgiving and with the time spent visiting there was a lot of opportunity to chat and stitch. The final image has been simplified to emphasize the rich

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Daisy on the hunt

Crewel stitching project Part 1. Creating an heirloom of a family vacation.

Framing needlework and textiles happens fairly frequently in my shop but in the last few years I have begun to work in stitching myself. So it follows that creating an original from concept to pattern to completion is my latest challenge. In keeping with the idea of art combined with family story I have chosen

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