Tricia Nguyen (she of the fabulous reproduction 17th Century jacket) has a new fund raiser going. Stitch a Snail for Storage allows you to purchase a kit for a reproduction 17th Century motif (a snail if you haven't guessed) using reproduction threads and Tricia's instructions. You can see the snail and start reading about it here.
http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/stitch-a-snail-for-storage/
Part of the kit price will be donated to the Fashion Museum in Bath. They will use the funds to buy boxes with special acrylic mounts to display their collection of embroidered gloves on so that they can be handled safely when shown to costume and embroidery researchers.
If you are more curious, click on the header at the blog link above and start scrolling through blog entries until you reach the one above. You'll see more details from the glove the snail motif was taken from and also see the reproduction thread that Tricia uses for this project.
Here's where you can buy the kit and find the link to the instructions for making it up. It isn't a lot of money but this might be the perfect small gift for a stitcher in your life and has the bonus of helping a fantastic glove collection available to those who would see, admire and understand it.
http://thistle-threads.com/shop/ltdmuseum/nwn_122010_glitteringsnail.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
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