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Gathering and smocking! Join me to learn different ways to smock inspired by Eastern European traditions in this two-part online workshop with recording. May 11 and 25, 10am PT/ 1pm ET/ 7pm CET. Make a cuff bracelet like this as a sampler or have f
Happy May Day and Armindenul in Romania! Traditionally, Romanian villagers would decorate their gates with branches for protection, prosperity, and well-being as the days grow longer. People celebrated nature, chewing a wormwood stick or drinking win
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, the coup that ended the 48 year fascist dictatorship and paved the way for the country to join the European Union in 1986. Why the red carnation? A restaurant that was celebrating