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April 5, 2014 By Mandy 1 Comment

“Homecoming” Embroidery project, the sketch phase

Before I commit to the final version, I wanted to test out my embroidery skills, first.  To say I don’t usually embroider is an understatement, but faint heart ne’er won much of anything.  Right? Right. Here’s the light table, with a rotary cutter for scale.  It’s get LED backlights, and pretty much looks like a […]

Filed Under: embroidery, Homecoming Project, Practicing, Works in Progress

April 4, 2014 By Mandy 1 Comment

Dream Made Manifest: the “Homecoming” Project

I woke up one night last year in a sweat, with a clear memory of seeing a ship on the waves, plowing through difficult seas as a man seeks to return to his home after years of war.  I confess it, I’m a little obsessed with the Odyssey and all its complexities of returning home, changed by […]

Filed Under: embroidery, Homecoming Project

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