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Work(s) in Progress: Embroidery 101

Posted on September 3, 2025October 14, 2025 by Melissa

I have the faintest memories of learning a few embroidery stitches in my youth. I don’t remember who I learned them from, but I think it may have been my grandma… or my Girl Scout Troop Leader… or maybe it was my mom? Regardless, it’s been decades, so when I added “learn to embroider” to…

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Work(s) in Progress: On Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between

Posted on August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 by Melissa

Is there anything quite like the excitement of beginning a new project? Of being inspired, starting fresh, and diving in? Then, there’s the tangible, visible progress of each project that greases the wheel and keeps us going!  Sometimes there’s backtracking that has to be endured like ripping stitches, erasing lines, replacing collage pieces, redesigning a…

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