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JO in NZ invents “the Stix”

September 25, 2009 by Denise Felton 1 Comment

joThe latest series from JO in NZ  — the Stix — made me laugh out loud with delight. Her stitched stick figures are so expressive, they almost seem animated. Clever. Accessible to even beginning stitchers. Let’s lobby Jo to make her patterns available. I’d cheerfully fork over a little PayPal cash to be able to download these sweeties. Go to Jo’s first blog post.

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  1. Jo in NZ says

    September 26, 2009 at 3:26 am

    as usual Denise, you surprise and honor me with your words.
    I hadn’t thought about patterns (until now). I really wouldn’t know where to start. If you have any ideas I would be happy to hear them.
    Thanks for all your great press, I really appreciate it.

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