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An inspiring blog dedicated to helping you unlock your inner needle artist, turn off your doubt, and make the time to create something wonderful with your own two hands.

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the Blog

An inspiring blog dedicated to helping you unlock your inner needle artist, turn off your doubt, and make the time to create something wonderful with your own two hands.

Are You Up For A Challenge?

Hello there, lovely - and happy Tuesday! I hope you're having a fantabulous week. I can't tell you how great it is to be here with you! Really - I mean that, from the bottom of my heart! Every day, I...
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Winter Threadventure Week 7: Hygge in Copenhagen

Hello there! Can you believe that we're already to the end of our Winter Threadventure? I know - neither can I! The ultimate in coziness awaits you at our final destination, so hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's take our...
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Winter Threadventure Week 6: Lovely Lillehammer

Well hello there, lovely! The snowflakes are swirling round and round and it's great to be back with you this week as we continue our trek through the Nordic countries. We're gonna have oodles of F-U-N at our next stop,...
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Winter Threadventure Week 5: Snowy Narvik

Well hello again! Our 2019 Winter Threadventure is speeding right along. We're making our way into Norway this week where we'll have fun playing in the snow! Hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's take our magical virtual vacation train...
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Winter Threadventure Week 4: Jokkmokk Winter Market

Hi there! There's a really cool (tee hee!) winter festival that's about to begin. It's a celebration of the Sámi culture - the indigenous people of northern Sweden. There are all kinds of fun activities - from dog sledding and reindeer...
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Winter Threadventure Week 3: Icy Lapland

Hi there! I hope you packed your warmest parka and plenty of snuggly sweaters because we're headed even deeper into the icy Arctic Circle this week. Hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's take our magical virtual vacation train...
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Winter Threadventure Week 2: Magical Rovaniemi

Hi there! It's great to have you back here with me today. 🙂 The next stop on our Winter Threadventure is absolutely ahhhh-mazing! I'm super excited to share where we're going today, so hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's take our...
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Winter Threadventure Week 1: Helsinki, Finland

Are you ready for the 2019 Winter Threadventure through the Nordic countries? Me, too! We're gonna have soooo much F-U-N! Hop aboard the Serendipity Express with me and let's ride our magical virtual vacation train to our first stop, captivating Finland... Read more
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Decorating the Christmas Tree…

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house. We decorated our Christmas tree on Sunday afternoon and I have to say, I think it's my favorite one  - ever! Even though most of the ornaments are the...
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Countdown to Winter Threadventure 2019!

Can you believe it? It's almost time for a new Threadventure! This one is gonna be even better than the last one, too. The 2019 Winter Threadventure is chock full of exciting new threads and stitches - and I can hardly wait...
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Basketweave and Weird Shapes – Part 3

It's time to work the background of our lovely little Florentine Bauble by Kirk and Bradley Designs. I'm having oodles of fun to stitching it - and it reaffirms what I already know (but sometimes forget!) - that working a...
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Basketweave and Weird Shapes – Part 2

Well hello there! Did you see last week's blog post? If you didn't, you might want to click here to read it first. And if you did read it, well - we'll just go ahead and dive right into how...
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