Hidden Handwork

I put a layer of white fabric behind a block before hand embroidering it. The extra layer prevents knots, floss tails, and places where I've traveled with the needle from being seen. It also brightens up the background.

-Trudy Lindemann

Cleveland, Wisconsin

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