Enjoy Rebecca Kanthor‘s post on The Storque about popular embroidery trends in China. Her first-hand experiences make for good reading, and the peek into the unusual tradition of hand-embellished insoles will probably have you googling around all over the place. See the post.
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Pretty Punch Needle: Modern Projects, Creative Techniques
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Fascinating because, when I lived in Beijing 14-15 years ago, you couldn’t find supplies for needlework at all, anywhere. There was lots of antique needlework on sale (we have quite a bit of it, in fact) but I had to order my threads and fabrics via catalog from the US and the UK!
LOL when I first glanced at the title I thought it said Embroidery THEIVES in China…