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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing

Finally More Progress on the Bird Panels

Since finding the variegated embroidery floss I’ve been looking for at CreativFestival on Sunday, I’ve managed to make some more progress embellishing the bird panels. Each flower is being worked in backstick through all three layers (panel, batting and backing.)  The variegation of the floss shows up much better in person than it does in the photo and I’m really…

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Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing

CreativFestival Fall 2012

This afternoon, Dave and I braved the downtown Toronto Sunday traffic so that I could go exploring at CreativFestival being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. With over 350 booths and exhibitors, the fall show was much bigger than the CreativFestival that I attended in April of this year.  In fact, I could have spent all afternoon and longer…

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