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5 Ways to Embroider Your Life: Delightfully Bright Embroidery
It finally feels like summer in the PWN and to me that means all the bright colors. Here are a few delightfully bright ways to embroider you
Melissa Galbraith
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11 Pacific Northwest Designs for the Explorer
10 Pacific Northwest Designs for the Explorer. Ways to keep the PNW with you always.
Melissa Galbraith
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New Stockist: Meet Maker General
Say hello to Maker General, the newest MCreativeJ stockist! Maker General is located in Longmont, Colorado.
Melissa Galbraith
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Homebody Weekly
Updates from a modern maker: New studio happening, craft business scholarship, and Sew Expo teaching applications.
Melissa Galbraith
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From Pins to Pendants: Updated Desert Landscape Kits Are Back!
Desert pendant necklace kits are now in stock! MCreativeJ shares how these kits came to be and how you can stitch your own desert necklace.
Melissa Galbraith
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5 Ways to Embroider Your Life: Home Decor Edition
As my husband and I start the closing process on our house, I've been thinking a lot about home decor and the special touches I want to add
Melissa Galbraith
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12 Desert Designs to Complete Your Wanderlust Decor
12 desert designs to complete your wanderlust decor.
Melissa Galbraith
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July Embroidery Workshops: Still Online, Still Stitching Fun
July is for workshops! Dive into this slow craft or boost your hand embroidery skills with an online workshop with fiber artist MCreativeJ.
Melissa Galbraith
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5 Ways to Embroider Your Life: Functional, Fluffy, Positive, and Powerful Embroidery
From functional to fluffy and positive to powerful, enjoy these 5 ways to embroider your life.
Melissa Galbraith
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Cactus Gazer Inspires New Pattern Club Series
Like Carmen Sandiego, the new Pattern Club Gazer series will have you guessing where the lady in a sun hat will be embroidered next!
Melissa Galbraith
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Quarantine Inspired Stitches
Quarantine and embroidery are like two peas in a pod. Here's a few pandemic inspired embroidery patterns that resonate.
Melissa Galbraith
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Homebody Weekly
The life of a homebody maker: house hunting, face masks, ice dyeing and more.
Melissa Galbraith
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5 Ways to Embroider Your Life: Stitch the Rainbow with This Embroidery
Happiness is a rainbow! Find all sorts of colorful ways to embroider your life this week:
Melissa Galbraith
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Subscriptions for the Modern Maker
This year MCreativeJ launched Pattern Club to inspire makers and share how approachable modern embroidery can be. Find more crafting fun.
Melissa Galbraith
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Homebody Weekly: June 19
New homepage, new stockists, new workshops. Plus, great ways to support Black Lives Matter and the maker community.
Melissa Galbraith
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5 Ways to Embroider Your Life: Wear It, Share It, Eat It?
Delightful embroidery you can wear, share, and eat! How will you embroider your life this week?
Melissa Galbraith
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8 Small Business Books for Creatives: Helpful Resources that Make an Impact
When it comes to helpful resources for running my small handmade business these are a few books I've found invaluable.
Melissa Galbraith
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Homebody Weekly: June 12
Gratitude to the maker community for stepping up & helpful resources I've found on the road to be being a better Black Lives Matter ally.
Melissa Galbraith
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5 Ways to Embroider Your Life: Earrings, Patches, Shirts, and Sweaters
From delightful embroidered earrings to delicate watercolors with stitches, here's 5 ways to embroider your life!
Melissa Galbraith
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How to Transfer an Embroidery Design: 7 Ways to Get Your Design onto Fabric
7 Tried and Tested Ways to Transfer an Embroidery Design onto Fabric
Melissa Galbraith
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5 Ways to Embroider Your Life: Delightful Embroidery Finds
Here's 5 delightful ways to add a touch of embroidery to your every day life.
Melissa Galbraith
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Embroidery Essentials: Craft Supplies to Make Hand Embroidery Easier and Fun
What to have in your craft stash: Useful products to make hand embroidery easier and more fun.
Melissa Galbraith
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Modern Houseplants Bring Life to the June Pattern Club Designs
Stitch modern houseplants with MCreativeJ's newest Pattern Club embroidery design. Perfect for stitchers of all skill levels.
Melissa Galbraith
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Homebody Weekly: May 29
Inspired ideas for makers staying at home. This week we're talking secrets, embroidery cakes, and the National Arts Drive.
Melissa Galbraith
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