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You just finished your gorgeous embroidered stitch out…. It turned out BEAUTIFULLY! But it’s not on a shirt, cap, or sweatshirt. You still want everyone to enjoy this amazing stitch out. What to do? We’re taking a step into the art gallery today, folks! Let’s discuss how to frame or display your embroidery while also talking about considerations to take and ideas for framing. The gallery is open, come on in! Types of Machine Embroidery To Display Machine embroidery is everywhere, but often we think of it as wearable art, not gallery art. We were hoping you could consider other...

Will Peterson is now the fastest human in the White Mountains. Forty-eight peaks 4,000 feet tall or higher; 200 miles of travel; 15 miles of elevation change; 3 days (and change). Those are the stats and Will Peterson is the man. The 23-year-old captured the fastest known time (FKT) of New Hampshire’s 48 4,000-foot peaks in the White Mountains with a superlative, supported effort this week. Peterson broke a record on Wednesday that had previously stood for over 7 years. His time of 3 days, 12 hours, and 36 minutes clipped over 2 hours off Andrew Thompson’s July 10, 2014,...

If you’re a holder of the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card, listen up. One of the most popular (and easy-to-use) benefits of the card is set for a major change this fall. As of Sept. 22, 2022, the Bonvoy Brilliant will lose its annual $300 statement credit valid for eligible purchases at Marriott Bonvoy properties. Instead, it will be replaced with $25 in monthly statement credits for restaurants. This credit was a great way to offset a large portion of the card’s $450 annual fee (see rates and fees), and while the dollar amount of the benefit is remaining...

The 2022 World Athletics Championships, the world championships of track and field, will be held on U.S. soil for the first time from July 15 to 24 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. It will be a historic opportunity for U.S. athletes, but qualifying for the event will be no small task. To make the team, American athletes must finish in the top three in the June 23 to 26 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field, one of the most competitive meets ever held based on the unprecedented American depth in almost every event. Among the approximately...

 Theme: Bon Apétit and Welcome Home!   This is - apparently - about as straight forward a theme as you'll ever see, with each entry providing part of a dinner.  Until you check the circles, which give it a whole new level of meaning.  If you didn't get the circles, this will be a revelation. Let's start with the unifier, to make things clear. 63 A. Sequence of dishes such as 18-, 25-, 38-, and 55-Across, in more ways than one: HOME MADE MEAL.  The surface meaning is a MEAL you cook for yourself in your own kitchen.  But the circled...