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Monthly Archives: May 2015

Embroidery, Stitchery Link Party

Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #7

It’s no secret to those who read my blog that I love ladybugs. I enjoy seeing them in my yard and gardens because I know these beneficial insects are hard at work eating aphids and other not so beneficial insects.  In fact, I’ve declared it a sin to kill a ladybug!  😉 When Dave was tracing out this week’s pattern,…

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Embroidery, Stitchery Link Party

Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #6

Lately, in celebration of spring finally arriving in the northern hemisphere, I’ve been posting patterns for flowers.  To change things up a bit, I decided this week that I’d share the patterns for three different sizes and styles of butterflies. The Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is about an hours drive from here and is a fascinating place to spend a few…

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Embroidery, Stitchery Link Party

Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #5

Sometimes we decide to embroider a pattern simply because we love it and then it sits in a box or wherever we keep our finished embroidery pieces because we don’t know what to do with them. Yesterday while shopping for the black background fabric for my Spring Bloom project, Ye Olde Fabric Shoppe was having a Mother’s Day Special.  For…

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