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Happy Solstice, 2018

December 24, 2018 by harrietalonso

  During this Solstice season I have been giving a lot of thought to our collective home, the Earth. This is the nurturing (and sometimes punishing) orb that gives us life and sustains us for the years we are alive and which we help to sustain once we depart. Yet we take it for granted. […]

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Bargello Oz: An Homage to Yip Harburg

October 4, 2018 by harrietalonso

  How many of you recognize the name “Yip Harburg”? I would bet that your eyebrows just lifted into question marks and your brain rapidly went through its name directory but all to no avail. Yet, I would venture to say with great confidence that every one of you knows this man’s work. E.Y. “Yip” […]

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Celebrate World Embroidery Day, July 30

July 27, 2018 by harrietalonso

On July 30, join me in celebrating World Embroidery Day. Les Chapeaux designed by Judi Alweil of Judy & Co. (See discussion further down in article.) The initiative came from Skåne Sy-d, a local group of Broderiakademin, the Swedish Embroiderers Guild. The first World Embroidery Day took place on July 30, 2011, in Vismarlöv, Sweden. […]

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