Inside, a dozen or so ladies hand-stitch each teddy in much the same way as was done 100 years ago.

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She also had to climb up the 80 foot mast on her boat, Pindar, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as hand-stitch her giant mainsail with 1, 500 stitches after it ripped in half.

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Influenced by indigenous craft, the embroidery of Venetian courtiers who ruled the country beginning in 1489, and ancient Greek and Byzantine geometric patterns, Lefkara lace is made by hand in designs combining four basic elements: the hemstitch, cut work, satin stitch fillings and needlepoint edgings.

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