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Blazing Saddles Quote Framed and Ancora Imparo Update

My Blazing Saddles quote cross stitch project is framed and complete! She’s gorgeous – I couldn’t be happier with her. From starting the design to stitching every word and even to picking out the frame, it was a blast working on this project. The framers told me they would notice the little things over time …

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Cross Stitch Alphabet Customer Project

I’d like to share the story of a successful cross stitch alphabet customer project! I created the Alphabet Mick pattern to emulate a William Morris alphabet for my monster Ancora Imparo project [latest update here]. Before I started Ancora Imparo, however, I created the Rock On project for a new baby in my family named …

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Blazing Saddles Update #4

She’s done! Well, the stitching is done – I’ve got to get her framed and then she’ll be absolutely done. But she turned out beautifully! The outlining on cut throats, snipers, Mexican bandits, and ass-kickers turned out really well. I used two strands on snipers and ass-kickers, and only one strand on cut throats and …

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Blazing Saddles Update #3

I’ve been doing great on my Blazing Saddles cross stitch project. So well, in fact, that I’ll post two updates in one! First up: The above photo shows 15 words complete. The white in “snipers” and “Mexican bandits” is showing up well in this photo, but I’ll have to outline them in a bit of …

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