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Lavished Linen Blouse
This classic linen blouse is lavished with fil tire’, bullion roses, lazy daisies, web roses and point de Paris. It looks like the product of an overworked, thimbled embroideress. In fact, it was...
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Shopping Girls Jacket
My friend Betty Ludwig just sent pictures of this to-die-for jacket. At one of the MArtha Pullen Schools of Art Fashion in Huntsville, Alabama, Betty was my assistant when I was teachingÂ...
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Part II Goodbye SATB2011
I hope you are not yet tired of the details of Sewing at the Beach 2011 because I am still enjoying the fresh memories of a great school. The young man in the handsome blazer was a doll and a great...
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Miss Alice’s Tatted Yoke~Another Re-run
“Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God.” Leviticus 19:32 This verse is beautifully scripted above a peaceful scene painted on a wall in the lobby...
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Blossom Basket Blouse
I hope 2012 is off to a good start for all of you. For us, the new year was kicked off in the midst of chaos rather than the cozy family gathering we had planned for our Christmas #2 celebration....
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Heirloom Cutwork Tablecloth Dress
This is an amazing dress, an example of what I would call heirloom recycling. Whoever made this dress embraced the “green” philosophy–or simply needed a white dress and had a pretty tablecloth.Â...
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Wedding Aprons
A wedding is not a marriage. A wedding is only the beginning of an undertaking that may or may not, someday, develop into a marriage. What the couple have on their wedding day is not the key to a...
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Blue Bows~Handlooms and Swiss Embroideries
Originally posted in 2011… Stitching a nightgown is always a pleasure. Often made as gifts for birthdays, holidays or bridal showers, pretty sleepwear is appreciated by ladies old and young. This...
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Antique Featherstitch Extravaganza
“Needlework is a way to capture Love, Beauty, Peace & Time.” unknown antique woolen petticoat, heavily embellished with surface embroidery, feather stitching and moth holes Antique needlework has...
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Garments for Ghana
This is the first of 7 clotheslines that hung from the walls in fellowship hall. Required disclaimer: I am a paid Brother Ambassador. Not required: I genuinely LOVE Brother machines. UPDATE: The...
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