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floresita: Planning a book review for Feeling Stitchy
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floresita: Step 1: fabric and hoop
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floresita: pretty texture
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floresita: Finished "design"
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floresita: Next step: using white carbon paper and chalk pencil to transfer
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floresita: re-tracing over pattern
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floresita: gathering threads
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floresita: Interesting vintage thread
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floresita: side view - nice sheen on the rayon floss braches
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floresita: First progress
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floresita: After split stitch on large flower
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floresita: later progress
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floresita: detail view of my progress
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floresita: Detail on large white flower
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floresita: Closeup of tiny white rose
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floresita: embroidering outdoors
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floresita: Closeup on the large white flowers
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floresita: Add another small woven wheel rose
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floresita: Using tracing paper and a micron pen
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floresita: Checking my progress
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floresita: Stitching over tracing paper
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floresita: Couching the stems
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floresita: finished Dandelion - tracing paper method
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floresita: Trying some Pearlescent Effects floss
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floresita: Pearlescent floss in the large flower center
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floresita: Gold couched threads around the center
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floresita: Progress so far
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floresita: A peek through the pages of The Embroidered Garden by Kazuko Aoki
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floresita: A peek through the pages of The Embroidered Garden by Kazuko Aoki
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floresita: Spring wreath