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Tea with TCS: Virginia Stitches

Tea with TCS: Virginia Stitches

  Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with the lovely Ginger Hunt. Ginger and I met through Junior League a few years ago, and more recently we have become good friends through needlepoint.  As most of you know by now, Mack is the needlepoint legacy at TCS and I am only about two years into the hobby. It was great to hear about how Ginger got her start stitching in college, and her thoughts on the needlepoint "renaissance" that the pandemic spurred.  Ginger's first project was a hobby belt for her brother, Rob. She had it painted...

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Beginner Stitch Night

Beginner Stitch Night

Mackenzie chats about TCS beginner stitch classes and recaps the success of our first class in September!

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Chicago Needlepoint

Opening Day- Thank you!

It is crazy that TCS has been open for just over three weeks now. Running the shop and our full time jobs has been as wonderful and exhausting as we planned! Mack is at the shop this weekend, so I finally took a few minutes to sit down and recap our Opening Day!  At noon sharp on 8/14, we did a little ribbon cutting and popped a bottle of Veuve to toast to our new venture! I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I was a little nervous that there were only two people besides the needlepoint dudes and...

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Local Needlepoint Shop Third Coast Stitches Featured in the Air at Chicago O'hare Airport. Lycette Designs.

Flying with Needlepoint!

Tips to help flying with your needlepoint project go smoothly!

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