Unusual additions to needlework

I kept my old braids , but don`t feel like using them on anything ,
mirjam
On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:35:19 GMT, georg wrote:

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:

All over the world , and during many generations , people Used what
thet found in their region , to enhance their handwork , we find
beetles, feathers, stones, shells , dried flowers , dried fruits,
branches, dried graasses, etc... but come to think of it , aren`t
threads themselves , made of something people found in nature ?
mirjam

Some of the more unusual pieces I remember seeing in one museum are the
Victorian mourning pieces embroidered with the hair of the desceased.

If I ever cut my hair, I'm going to save it to make something along
those lines because I thought the work was pretty.

-georg