When I was a kid, my mom taught me how to cross stitch.  She has been avid stitcher for as long as I can remember, and as many young girls would say about their moms, I wanted to be just like her.

This is neither me, nor my mom.  But I was pretty young when I first learned.  You get the idea:

Learning to Cross-Stitch
[Image by Squiggle via Flickr used under CC]

I was never a great cross stitcher.  Sure, I completed a few small projects.  I struggled through but eventually learned how to do half stitches, french knots, and backstitches.  I ...

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