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Stitchers can make an impression with appealing embroidery transfers

Embroidery is an art I usually practice freehand without the aid of transfers. However, I don't exclude them completely from my repertoire of stitch wizardry.
Once upon a time in a bridal shop not-so-far away

Once upon a time, in 1991, I needed a summer job. I was a woman of many skills. I knew how to supervise homework, see to the needs of five children and a husband, cook supper, fold laundry, feed the cat and carry on an intelligent conversation all at the same time - not exactly the skills most employers deem desirable.
Do-it-yourself bride can have a one-of-a-kind day

The moment after a woman says yes to the BIG question, she is deluged by even more questions - and all of them have to do with the wedding.
Combined show to mark 30th year for quilt groups

It's anniversary time. The Bangor Bear Paws quilt group and the Orono Quilters are celebrating 30 years of crafting fabric into bedcovers and other useful and decorative items.
Threads of culture: Wabanaki textiles

Bruce Bourque, chief archaeologist and curator of ethnography at the Maine State Museum in Augusta, is “learning another branch of anthropology,” he said in a talk he gave May 18 at Bangor Public Library. His learning process will culminate in a book to accompany an exhibit, “Uncommon Threads: Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing and Costume,” set to open at the museum in 2007.