Here's a bit about the Shanghai Yangjing Woolen Embroidery Workshop, which is facing a grim future. Innovation appears to be their only hope but it doesn't sound likely to me.
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000257/without-young-embroiderers%2C-artisanal-crafts-future-remains-frayed
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Wow. Thanks for posting this Jane. Very interesting and sad. I'd never heard of this and now it is dying!
It does sound sad, although all tent stitched pieces are not in great demand—except by those who love stitching this sort of thing themselves.
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