Hi Friends... This colorful cloth with beautiful embroidery work is about 48 years old! I was 12 years old then, and was in my eighth' grade!(8th standard).
While searching for something else in one of my cupboards I got this today!.
After the completion of my seventh grade, I was joined to a new school. I Was happy that there was a very talented, well trained needle work teacher in that school.
We had an option to choose from the subjects like gardening, weaving and needlework,and I choose the last one.
At first we all were given this 2'x2' of white cloth and our teacher taught us how to stich different types of embroidery. Now I have even forgotten the names of few stitches in this.
This was just a bigining! As we dint had TVs or Computers in those days, the girl children from every houses were taught to stitch something or the other, right from her childhood.
After this in my 9th and tenth grade the same teacher had trained us how to make our clothes, frocks, skirts, blouses, and other things. Even today I am stitching all my clothes myself and thus I could save a lot of money throughout my life.
I am very much grateful to our needlework teacher Mrs. Sundari Bai, who is now 85 years old!
