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WELCOME FRIENDS. I AM SO PLEASED YOU'VE STOPPED BY. DO MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME AND STAY AWHILE.

~Musings From A Little Brown House~

~Slow Stitching, Slow Punching, Slow Hooking, SLOW...everything~

by Doreen Frost

~Slow Stitching, Slow Punching, Slow Hooking, SLOW...everything~

Hello out there my deare friends.  I hope this greeting finds you healthy and content.  I am coming to you today, from a "room" of my deare litt...
Posted in Balance, Change, Covid Changes, Doreen Frost, Life In Vermont, Little Brown House Gazette, New England Living, Punch Needle Embroidery, Punch Needle Rug Hooking, Rug Hooking, Vermont Harvest Folk Art
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