By Hand, Knitting, Crochet, Crafts - Ardeana Hamilin
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A perfect way to brighten the winter doldrums is to head to the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland to see the exhibit “Elegantly Attired: Victorian Apparel and Accessories in Coastal Maine.” From …
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Picture this: Vintage photo albums and framed photographs piled in two 20-year-old cardboard boxes. For the last four or five years the boxes sat on the floor of a closet with a high moisture …
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This is my Top 10 list — the 10 things I can’t sew without.
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I’ve been called a lot of things in my time, but the one thing I don’t want to be called is a “sewist.” My awareness of that term arrived recently at my desk in an e-mail newsletter. There it …
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The advent of the new year always inspires in me an impulse to organize and clean the room where I stash my sewing, knitting and craft stuff. This is no small calling given the fact that a lot of …
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Libraries are wonderful allies when it comes to exhibiting fiber art, and the Blue Hill Public Library sets the standard for such displays.
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I remember the Christmas of 1959 as the one of the very bad sweater, knit and given to me by my grandmother. Actually, it was three very bad sweaters because my mother and sister also got one.
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It’s never too late to sit down for an hour or so alone or with the youngsters in the family to make simple decorations to add to the festive ambience of hearth and home.
Sitting down with craft …
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Ann Young, 11, stitched on her sampler in the early 1800s.
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The 2009 Maine Indian Basketmakers sale and demonstration is set for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine.
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One day late in October, my friend Liane Giambalvo and I drove through Bangor and into the gold and green countryside that took us through the backcountry of Glenburn, Levant, Corinth and Exeter. …
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In October, I had the pleasure of being the guest speaker at a semiannual meeting of the Area 5 chapters of the Pine Tree Quilters Guild.
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The season of gift giving is upon us — time to make things by hand.
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The 15th Designing Women fine arts and crafts show will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Dyke Center for Family Business at Husson College.
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Quilter Sue McIver of Baileyville is asking for pillowcases and for volunteers to sew the pillowcases.
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It’s October. ’Tis the season for bending one’s brain to the task of fabricating the perfect Halloween costume.
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I like rainy Sundays. The minute I hear the patter of rain against the window and sense the grayness of the morning light, I know I am in for a good day.
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Several months ago I learned that my son and his wife are expecting a baby in February. It has been 12 years since the birth of my other grandchild. Predictably, this impending event has inspired me …
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The “baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool?” question will be answered, as it is every September, at Common Ground Country Fair on Friday through Sunday, Sept. 25-27, at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association fairgrounds in Unity.
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The bluebirds of happiness have been hovering in my needlework life these last few weeks.
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