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Title: Fruits of Our Labor
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Artist: Allyson Greenlon, USA
Techniques used: Stem stitch, split stitch, french knot, back stitch, chain stitch, trellis stitch, feather stitch, seeding, wheatear stitch, satin stitch, padded satin stitch, straight stitch, burden stitch, eyelet, herringbone stitch, fly stitch, block shading, closed picot
Statement: “Took time to grow, and grew so much along the way.”
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Title: See How My Garden Grows
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Artist: Ambika Ramesh, India
Techniques used: Embroidery using different stitches, sequins and stones, appliqué and some ribbon work. 
Statement: “Whenever I’m stressed and need to relax I create my own ‘happy place’ with some needle, floss and embroidery frame. No planning or designing, just following the needle! 10 mins into my garden I feel better already. Easy to carry around too!”
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Title: Tree of Life
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Artist: Cheryl Berger, USA
Techniques used: Felt, shisha mirrors, beals, charms, embroidery
Statement: “For this challenge, I chose to try shisha mirrors for their reflection. Stitching has always been healing to me. With these challenges, planning and designing a piece in addition to stitching, it has enhanced the stitching experience for me.”
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Title: Mandala Meditation
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Artist: Angela Grasse, Canada
Techniques used: Painted surface treatments and bead embroidery
Statement:  “The beading process is a meditation for me. Especially, when I stitch a mandala. I only need to make one decision and then proceed to stitch it around the circle. Once, that stitching is complete I make the next decision and so on.”
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Title: Spellbound
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Artist: Anne Katrosh, USA
Techniques used: Mixed media
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Title: The Signing Bowl
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Artist: Beth Woolbright
Techniques used: Metallic thread, cotton floss, pearl cotton surface embroidery
Statement: “The gong of a singing bowl can be used to announce the start and end of a meditation. The quote, "Don't believe everything you think" is a helpful step toward achieving inner peace.”
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Title: Forgive
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Artist: Candy Long, South Africa
Techniques used: Crazy Quilting and Blackwork stitching
Statement: “I could not heal physically, emotionally, or spiritually until I learned to Forgive.”
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Title: The Gift
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Artist: Cole Morrison, USA
Techniques used: Hand applique, machine quilting
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Title: Grieving - A Bright Light in a Dark Time
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Artist: Crystal Gaye, Australia
Techniques used: Bead Embroidery, Metal Work, Gold-work, Ribbon Embroidery
Statement: “I love beautiful things, this lead me become a Haute Couture Embroidery Artist. I created this piece in the days following the death of someone I cherished. It amazed me that such beauty could come through me when I was grieving so heavily. It soothed my broken heart and reminded me of lighter days to come, it gave me hope. The purpose of my work is to bring a little more Beauty into the world.”
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Title: Beauty Heals
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Artist: Dagmar Crichton, USA
Technique used: Couching
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Title: Live Your Best Life
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Artist: Debra Cobb, USA
Techniques used: Split stitch, long & short, satin, laid and couched, beading, inserting metal eyelets
Statement: “My father died in 2018.  My solace was my embroidery. I missed him terribly; he was my  inspiration, counselor,  encouragement.  His death reminded me of my own mortality, causing me to reflect on my life. What legacy will I leave to my family, friends & community? Velveteen lined with dupioni silk. Soie d'alger silk thread, Japanese silver metal.  Split, satin, laid/couched, detached, beading.”
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The Truth Sets Us Free
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Artist: Donna Shirk, USA
Techniques used: Stumpwork, embroidery, appliqué 
Statement: “Celebrating freedom from opiate addiction.”
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Title: Dementia
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Artist: Emily Maynor, USA
Techniques used: Embroidery on linen canvas
Statement: “I've been interested in consciousness and brain function for many years now and have worked with this concept in a variety of media, My mother, who was an avid embroiderer, had dementia the last few years of her life. Returning to this idea has helped me considerably this past year in exploring the frustration of dementia while utilizing my mother's chosen media.”
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Title: Warm Day in Antarctica
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Artist: Heather Sanchez, USA
Techniques used: Embroidery Running Stitch and Ceramic Hand Building 
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Title: Mended Coat
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Artist: Helene Ossipov, USA
Techniques used: Sashiko with gold thread on cotton knit
Statement: “This project comes from a happy series of coincidences. I had read about kintsugi, a Japanese repair technique with gold and sashiko embroidery, a Japanese technique of mending textiles. I had a coat with small holes in it. I used one strand of DMC gold floss, with black interfacing on the back to support the stitches. The stitching invokes sashiko rather than being true sashiko stitching.”
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Title: On The Mend
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Artist: HollyDumont, USA
Technique used:  Pattern Darning
Statement: “Like a torn piece of linen, so is my hand.  It will never be the same but I am on the mend. The trick is to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival are slim, for life is naught but calamity and endless tribulation and it's over much too soon.”
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Title: Metamorphosis or the Need to Transcend our Limitations
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Artist: Iris Vodopivec, USA
Techniques used: Embroidery, sublimation printing and collage
Statement: “The Butterfly represents  the need for change and freedom. It is the courage that is required to carry out the necessary changes in our growth process. It is our chance to be reborn, to transcend our earthly limitations and rise to the light through our own psychic transformation.”
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