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	<title>The Needlepoint Queen</title>
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	<description>Stop here if you love needlepoint!</description>
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		<title>Update on (scant) Progress on my Needlepoint Class Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems like there simply are not enough hours in the day to get everything done any more.  This Pink Lady is a canvas I just adore, yet have not been able to spend nearly as much time on as I&#8217;d like.  Be that as it may,  here&#8217;s what we have, so far.  Her decolletage got]]></description>
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		<title>Needlepoint Cyber-Buddies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The internet fascinates me, endlessly.  Being a Baby Boomer,  using the computer is definitely an example of an old dog learning new tricks.  Years ago when we lived in North Carolina, the school my son attended offered a computer introductory class for parents.  The fourth grade students (my son, now 32 years old, was one]]></description>
		<link>http://lauraold.com/needlepoint-cyber-buddies</link>
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		<title>Do You Need a Good Clothing Stitch? Try the Needlepoint Stitch of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Try Diagonal Scotch with Cross Stitch Variation.  Just to clarify the name of the stitch, all Scotch Stitches are diagonal; it is referred to as Diagonal Scotch when the group of individual Scotch Stitches moves in a diagonal flow.  I used this stitch on my Scheherazade (Melissa Shirley Wild Women series) canvas for the red]]></description>
		<link>http://lauraold.com/do-you-need-a-good-clothing-stitch-for-your-needlepoint-canvas</link>
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		<title>Needlepoint Stitch of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Slanted Victorian Step stitch produces a strong, directional flow on your needlepoint canvas,  and works beautifully for hills and mountains, clothing (especially on a reclining figure), and,  lends itself well to the use of overdyed threads such as Gloriana Silk, Silk &#8216;n Colors,  Waterlilies, and Poppies, just to name a few.  In teaching a]]></description>
		<link>http://lauraold.com/needlepoint-stitch-of-the-week</link>
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		<title>Progress on my Amy Bunger Class Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, finally, a bit of time to work on my project from the recent class at Amy&#8217;s in Memphis.  Honestly, don&#8217;t cha just hate when life gets in the way of your needlepoint fun?  Anyway,  have accomplished enough to deserve some stitching time, and couldn&#8217;t resist that hat &#8211; it&#8217;s been calling to me.  So, ]]></description>
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		<title>Needlepoint Stitch of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, have a look at Alternating Mosaic.  This stitch is great for small areas, has a fairly quilted appearance, and is non-directional.   It is lovely stitched in stranded silk because you get such good light play.  Rainbow Galleries Petite Very Velvet looks grand, too. In the diagrams below, the upper has arrows indicating the]]></description>
		<link>http://lauraold.com/stitch-of-the-week-3</link>
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		<title>Storage Solutions for your Needlepoint Stash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are  (surely) needlepointers out there who work each project from start to finish before starting another &#8211; can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve ever met one, but it stands to reason that such people exist.  Most of us have a number of projects, ranging from two or three to &#8220;never-mind-you-wouldn&#8217;t-believe-it&#8221;.  My own approach is to have several]]></description>
		<link>http://lauraold.com/storage-solutions-for-your-needlepoint-stash</link>
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		<title>Needlepoint Stitch of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, my trip to Amy&#8217;s was so fun, it completely threw me off track &#8211; sorry &#8217;bout the lack of posts, but here goes a stitch for ya &#8211; this one is a variation of the Parisian Stitch, completed in two steps, and is another very versatile, non-directional stitch that affords one a number of]]></description>
		<link>http://lauraold.com/stitch-of-the-week-2</link>
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		<title>Fun and Games with Amy Bunger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, our class started this morning at 10:00 sharp &#8211; three friends from Atlanta and another from New Jersey/New York are there, too &#8211; we&#8217;re all having a great time.  Class members spent a few minutes getting acquainted, settling in our &#8220;spots&#8221;, looking over the thread kits and Stitch Guides, and admiring each other&#8217;s projects. ]]></description>
		<link>http://lauraold.com/fun-and-games-with-amy-bunger</link>
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		<title>Walkin&#8217; in Memphis</title>
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Whooee, headed for Memphis for three lovely days at Amy&#8217;s Golden Strand, taking camvas embellishment class with Amy. Cannot wait to get there, it&#8217;s always so much fun, and it&#8217;s been a couple of years since I was able to get away to treat myself.  Amy&#8217;s classes are always filled with lots of]]></description>
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