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#needlepoint — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. @mia

    Oh my. Well done. That's going to be repeated. Deservedly.

  2. “A younger crowd embraced such #hobbies in 2020 when the pandemic left many with more free time. But “grandma hobbies” have persisted beyond a pandemic fad and some seem to be picking up steam in their popularity online.

    While she said she may not consider herself a #crafty person, MacTaggart, now 26, founded the #needlepoint business What’s the Stitch and runs popular social media profiles of the same name. After seeing growing interest in her content, she began to build up her business and now sells needlepoint canvases, accessories and #digital designs. The flair #MacTaggart puts into her creations is a touch of cheeky humor and, occasionally, profanity.”

    #analog / #craft / #Art <apnews.com/article/old-school->

  3. New to me and discovered via MetaFilter (what, y’all don’t read MetaFilter?): The Sampler Archive. From the front page: “The Sampler Archive database has been designed to share detailed information and high-resolution images of American girlhood samplers and pictorial embroideries from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/new-to-me-via-metafilter-the-sampler-archive/