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Postcard from the Rose Garden
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Postcard from the Rose Garden

Postcard from the Rose Garden

Textile Art featuring paper piecing and embroidery

My first stitched postcard from the Artist in Residency at the Wellington Botanic Gardens.

Finished as a mini quilt for top mounting in a box frame.

Size: 9cm by 17cm
Only one available

Postcard from the Rose Garden $150 BUY NOW

The Artist in Residency is made possible by the Friends of the Wellington Botanic Gardens and funding from the Nikau Foundation

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