[Artemisia] FW: Need to find

[SARAH EVELAND]

Yes, kits do exist for this type of project. I myself purchased one several years ago at a county fair, though I don't remember what I paid for it at that time. My kit has several pictures and patterns as well as a punch, yarn, and hoop. I have, on occasion, seen them at fairs & bazaars since my original purchase. The young lady who lives with us saw some at the Eastern Idaho State Fair last August in Blackfoot, ID. I will keep my eyes open for you.
Thanks, Helen Might de Gunthorpe
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cheryl Robertson<mailto:bcecilia at robertson.myrf.net> 
  To: Aries<mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org> 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:47 PM
  Subject: [Artemisia] FW: Need to find




  Good evening everyone,

  I hope I can get some help with this.  I was seeing one of my elderly
  clients today and I noticed on her wall  what I thought at first,  were
  paintings (paint-by-number type).  On closer examination I discovered they
  were done with yarn.

  Being the good little researcher I am, I immediately launched into a linty
  of questions for this dear lady.  She couldn¹t give me the name and the only
  clue I had was the category someone used to put it into a local fair, punch
  yarn.

  Arriving home I made a bee-line for the computer and soon discovered that
  this art form is called Punch Embroidery.  There is the Russian form and
  also a Japanese form.  I haven¹t delved into it further to get a history but
  suspect it may not, in its current form, be period but I¹m hopeful.

  But now to the problem.  This lovely lady does not have any further
  projects, patterns etc.  In my search I found many patterns and kits but
  most expensive.  My other problem is that when I was looking at her finished
  product it was a canvas which was backed by Styrofoam and cardboard.  She
  insisted that is the way the kit arrived to her.  All the searching I did
  showed me otherwise.  Like other forms of embroidery, it¹s done on linen or
  ada cloth stretched in a frame or hoop and upon finishing then backed.

  Is there anyone out there that can help me clear up my confusion on this
  subject.  Do kits exist the way she showed me?  If so, where might I locate
  them so that I can purchase a few for her to have?  If these things aren¹t
  packaged with all that, any other ideas.

  Thanks for all your help.  If I can locate some she will be ecstatic to have
  them to do again.  

  YIS,

  Mst. Cecilia di Firenze
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