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Category: Kreinik Calling

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Let your fingers do the stroking

Take care with your stitches and threads—lay them smoothly, intentionally, positioned in place with your needle and fingers—to make your embroidery as beautiful as it can be. It's easier than you...

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What happens when you combine threads and stitches

Lovely combination of stitches, threads, and color. Design "Dawn to Dusk" by Textured Treasures pattern company. Are you an adventurous stitcher who loves to combine threads and stitches in...

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Embroidery takes the crown in GOT trailer

Have you watched the just-released trailer for HBO series' Game of Thrones (GOT) season seven? I love it. Love it. I watch it daily. In part because I've always liked James' song "Sit Down," and the...

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Why You Should Keep Your Fibers Nearby

It's Wednesday; do you know where your stitching stash is? Keep your stitching close and your stitching fibers closer. I'll give you two reasons why, and then visual proof: Color can change...

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How to Expand your Needlework World

The world, your life, the Internet, and your mind (just to name a few) are constantly expanding. This is a good thing. Earth spins forward and we breathe, experience, grow, move, open, see. But is...

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Thread Technics – Let’s Talk About Fraying

Have you ever stitched right down to the last inch of thread on your needle? It's usually not a good idea, but truth is, most of us hate having to stop our stitching, re-thread, then start again. We...

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