"Couching" with bullion wire

I have taught myself "Couching" with bullion wire by disassembling old
badges and such and seeing how they were put together. Now I am on a
quest to find a supplyer of the bullion wire. I really don't want to
destroy any more old pieces to canabalize the wire, plus I want the
nice new bright metal tones. There MUST be a supplyer closer then
Pakistan, which is the ONLY place I've found so far with ALOT of
searching. Can anyone help? Does anyone else do this kind of embroidery?

I have never seen this work and am most interested. Can you direct us
to a website with a picture?

Dianne

salmon94 wrote:
I have taught myself "Couching" with bullion wire by disassembling old
badges and such and seeing how they were put together. Now I am on a
quest to find a supplyer of the bullion wire. I really don't want to
destroy any more old pieces to canabalize the wire, plus I want the
nice new bright metal tones. There MUST be a supplyer closer then
Pakistan, which is the ONLY place I've found so far with ALOT of
searching. Can anyone help? Does anyone else do this kind of embroidery?


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Ahhhh. . . . it's gold work! Thanks, Marg
Dianne

wrote:
Dianne Lewandowski wrote:

I have never seen this work and am most interested. Can you direct us
to a website with a picture?

Dianne

salmon94 wrote:

I have taught myself "Couching" with bullion wire by disassembling old
badges and such and seeing how they were put together. Now I am on a
quest to find a supplyer of the bullion wire. I really don't want to
destroy any more old pieces to canabalize the wire, plus I want the
nice new bright metal tones. There MUST be a supplyer closer then
Pakistan, which is the ONLY place I've found so far with ALOT of
searching. Can anyone help? Does anyone else do this kind of embroidery?


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"The Journal of Needlework" - The E-zine for All Needleworkers
http://journal.heritageshoppe.com


Diane:

Take a look at

http://www.bentonandjohnson.com/index.htm

The badges are the traditional things you see on military uniforms,
etc.

This looks like a wonderful source of supplies.

Marg


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