The Popularity of Paper Embroidery
Elaborate dresses and lavish hairdos weren’t the only elements that marked the Victorian age for all its splendor and glory. A new past time was born that had even the poorest of poor able to indulge in leisure activity. In the wee hours of the morning and deep into the dark of the night, women, even the poorest of them, stitched their hearts out. The new past time that gripped the imaginations of these women was perforated card work.
This new form of needlework started when Victorian women would stitch mottos on heavy punched cardboard. Back when women were binding their waistlines with elastic bands and piling foot long banana curls high on top of their heads, attention was turned towards paper as the base for stitching, in lieu of the less affordable linen that was popular at the time. Stitching on paper created a new creative outlet for women of all classes, because now, needlework turned into a luxury that all women could afford.
Just as with modern economics though, the affluently discriminate raised their noses and furrowed their frowns down on this cheapened version of needlework. Paper embroidery quickly became known as a form of needlework reserved for the uneducated and children.
Well, thankfully, this day in age, paper embroidery has evolved into a popular past time for everyone to enjoy. People of all ages and all levels of economic stature now enjoy the art of paper embroidery and the results that ensue from taking an ordinary slice of paper and turning it into a hand-woven masterpiece are priceless!
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