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THE SIMPLE JOY OF STITCHING

titching has not always been an essential part of my life. Although my very talented mother taught me to knit, crochet and embroider at a young age, to be honest I was far more interested in writing, making art and baking up a storm in the kitchen! It was only when I was living in London in the early 1990s that the sudden increase in the number of cross-stitch magazines and books caught my attention. And,

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