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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 03/04/2025

Moles are so cute! I embroidered this one for week 30 of my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year. #embroidery #craftsy

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 01/04/2025

Trompe l’oeil lace and beaded potted plants: two links I shared in my weekly fiber-focused newsletter, Orts! Here are 5 creatively inspiring things and 5 ways for you to DIY: orts.kit.com/posts/trompe... (Photo by Lora Avedian, another link I shared!)

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 24/03/2025

I love miniatures, and I'm obsessed with these impossibly tiny, hand-woven baskets by Suzie Grieve, aka Foraged Fibres! www.brwnpaperbag.com/foraged-fibr...

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 17/03/2025

I’ve been working on this bat hat for a while. It started by dyeing an off-white hat with indigo. Now, I’m enhancing it with #embroidery! #craftsky

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 05/03/2025

We had fake spring in Seattle last week, and it made me wish it was here already! I picked out some springy hand embroidery patterns if you want a jumpstart on the season: www.brwnpaperbag.com/spring-craft...

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 25/02/2025

Crafters and craft-curious people in #Seattle and beyond: @mcreativej.com and I run Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults! Come meet people and make cool stuff this summer, August 1 - 3: www.campcraftaway.fun #craftsky #crafts #logoff

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 22/02/2025

I finished embroidering an elephant shrew on my dress! Next up is a mole with a worm in its mouth #craftsky #upcycling #embroidery

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 20/02/2025

Iyo Okumi’s embroideries remind me of pen drawings. Each stitched line is like a hatch mark! www.brwnpaperbag.com/iyo-okumi-li...

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 12/02/2025

Pauline keeps a watchful eye over me while I’m stitching and editing video!

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 10/02/2025

Caroline Harrius' vases are only complete once they're embroidered. Such incredible details: www.brwnpaperbag.com/caroline-har...

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 06/02/2025

I’ve been stitching wild animals on the same upcycled dress for over 2 years. I’m on 29/52 animal species: an elephant shrew. The #embroidery is about halfway done. Not sure what animal I’ll stitch next. Any suggestions? #crafts #craftsky #upcycle #wildanimals

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 28/01/2025

Working on my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new wild animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year. This is week 29, the elephant shrew! #embroidery #upcycle #wildanimals

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 21/01/2025

I’m upcycling this hat! I bought it off Poshmark and dyed with indigo. Now, I’m finishing up a bat embroidery 🦇 #embroidery #upcycle #crafts #bats

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 17/01/2025

WIP time! I’m almost done embroidering this custom pet portrait. I’m using my digital drawing as a guide where to put my thread color and stitches #embroidery #crafts

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 09/01/2025

Bernie Kaminiski immortalizes everyday objects as paper mache sculptures. This is a junk drawer! See more: www.brwnpaperbag.com/bernie-kamin...

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 27/11/2024

This was a very satisfying image to make: a smattering of my custom pup pet portrait patches #embroidery #petportraits #crafts

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Sara Barnes @brwnpaperbag.com · 24/11/2024

I started embroidering on this upcycled dress at the beginning of 2023. It's called 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle, and I'm stitching a new wild animal on the dress for every week of a year. Here are some of my favorite animals so far! #embroidery #upcycle

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