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Design Challenge: Re-Create a Traditional Tartan Sett
Unable to track down the pattern for a family tartan, Nancy Dunlap scrutinized photographs of the fabric to create her stole.
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SUBUnable to track down the pattern for a family tartan, Nancy Dunlap scrutinized photographs of the fabric to create her stole.
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