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Spring Threadventure Week 4: Longwood Gardens
Hi there! Welcome to week four of the 2020 Spring Threadventure Garden Tour! Today’s destination is breathtakingly beautiful. It’s another one of those American treasures that I recently discovered. Hop aboard the Serendipity Express and let’s take our magical virtual vacation tour bus to Longwood Gardens… Ellen Johnson
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Spring Fever… and another Threadventure!
It’s a beautiful spring day here in Alabama and I’m so, so grateful for that! We’re getting close to the end of our first (mandatory) week of “shelter-in-place”, but I’ve been observing #togetherathome for three weeks. Wanna know something? I’m getting a little stir crazy! I thought you might be, too, so my virtual passport … Read more
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Composition: Needlepoint Canvases and Fine Art
Do you know that a canvas designer uses the very same elements and principles of art and design on cotton mono canvas that a painter might use on one of their watercolor or oil compositions? In fact, your hand-painted needlepoint canvas is, first and foremost, a piece of art. But what does that have to … Read more
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