punch love
April 1st, 2008 — CynYears ago, perhaps even before my sons were born, my FIL gave me a punchneedle kit for Christmas. I think he bought it at a kiosk in the mall. I was gracious, but not interested and put it away. I thought I had given it to my DSD, but she doesn’t remember it. Anyway . . .
When I went to The P is for Primitive (Canton) last fall for a rughooking class, I saw lots of cute little punchneedle items; also when I was in the stitching shops in Asheville (NC) there were lots of PN kits. So, it really wasn’t surprising that when we had a bit of our TVR education grant left over from Rhonda’s embellishment & Barbara’s crewel workshops, punchneedle was a choice that fit the bill — literally!
Last Saturday our EGA chapter got together at our regular meeting place, the Flowood library, not on our regular chapter meeting day and Rissa got us started, and once we all got going, she spent the afternoon giving us hints and technique tricks. We all had a loverly day chatting and laughing and learning something new!
Tonight, I finished my “practice” piece. It was to have been only the three leaves on the blue background . . . but, . . . DH piped up with, “It’s poison ivy!” After he left the room, I decided I would add the white berries to make it so and surprise him.
I’ve placed an order with PunchneedleMarketplace.com for additional needles in all the other available sizes, and can’t wait to start another design.
Just goes to show, well, two things actually:
Everything old is new again and again.
Never dismiss a technique out of hand; you might just be missing out on a joyful experience.
