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New how-to series from Mary Corbet

July 31, 2009 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

maryYou have to get in on Mary Corbet‘s latest free instructional series! She’s teaching long-and-short stitch shading on her blog, Needle ‘n’ Thread. You can easily catch up by reading the preview and supply post and get started on the first lesson, posted today. You know you want to learn this classic thread-painting technique!

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