Paulette Stewart – Fiber Talk

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Fiber Talk at the Nashville Market VIII
March 4, 2018 - By Gary Parr
In Nashville Market video 20 Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers gives us a tour of her latest designs, which…
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