NW***OT***
I remember when you were in the market for a laptop for your wife. I had no idea how extensive the network of women who embroider is or the general age group of your wife. Personally, I am very, VERY pleased to hear that the art of embroidery is still alive, but I do hope some younger women--or even men [remember Rosie Greer does needlepoint]--start to 'discover' it.
My two cents: I wonder if one of the reason women stopped embroidering as much had to do with smocked dresses falling out of favor for little girls. I used to wear them **every** single day, like it or not, until I was almost 12. Its been years since I saw a little girl in a smocked dress other than occasionally at a party. Many of us who were taught to embroider as children have forgotten how to do it.
BTW, I still have some of those dresses. Some of them were works of art. My favorite as a child, and now, is the one with a farm scene--outbuildings, trees, pond, cute farm animals. This is one my mother had a woman well know for her imaginitive designs make for me.
Lynn
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