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– 175 – punch needle cushion

Monica Dunkley

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November 24, 2017

(… nothing like a good title right?) I really loved making this; for a while I thought of framing it because I wasn’t sure how to turn into a cushion but in the end, after a little internet search I worked it out and I’m glad I did… Punch needle is becoming a mild obsession …

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– 172 – adventure in needle punching…

Monica Dunkley

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November 16, 2017

… actually this is not strictly correct, I should be saying ‘adventures in needle punching and rug hooking given I’ve playing around with both on the same piece. I don’t know what it is about this medium/craft, call it what you wish, that has captured my imagination… but I can’t get enough.  I’m still a …

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– 86 – sashiko jeans

Monica Dunkley

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June 6, 2017

I think I can genuinely blame Ali for this one. She’s the one who texted me a picture of a pair of denim from Anthropologie covered in sashiko embroidery.  She sowed the seed. And then that seed grew and grew and when I saw a pair of jeans in my size down to the most …

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Categories: craft, embroidery, sewing, Uncategorized•

– 76 – random

Monica Dunkley

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May 19, 2017

… and exhale… Today is the first day in ages that I have no commitments, no appointments, no email that I must write or the world will stop spinning, no vital phone call to make or places to be… Feels good to get back to the routine. (I must be getting old). Now, don’t you …

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Categories: embroidery, life for a while, Uncategorized•

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