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Saturday 5 January 2019

A Gift From Korea

A visitor brought a gift from Korea.

Inside a frame are four hand embroidered thimbles. Yes, they are made from silk and with very fine embroideries. 

THESE thimbles are displayed in the frame, but real thimbles that are used in Korean needlework and quilting look the same.

I will not dare to use such fine work to push needles into thick layers of quilting!

In Korean they are called Golmu. You can read more about them here.
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7 comments:

  1. jacaranda6 January 2019 at 02:36

    They are beautiful. And delicate.

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  2. crazyQstitcher6 January 2019 at 06:04

    I can understand not using the beautiful gift but such a joy to display. They must take quite a bit of time to create. I used the link to read about the thimbles and some of the other links. I'll visit again to read more.

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  3. Pamela6 January 2019 at 06:58

    How interesting! I'd never seen these before. What a grand gift!

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  4. Janie6 January 2019 at 08:35

    Yes, they are beautiful, what amazing fine work.
    And thanks for the link with history, I enjoyed reading about their lives.

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  5. Rachel6 January 2019 at 23:21

    Completely charming and lovely!

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  6. carorose8 January 2019 at 06:18

    I bought some of these in Korea when my husband was working there back in the 1990's. I could not believe the detail and work that went into these thimbles. I wondered if they were just for decoration but was told that they worked very well as a thimble.

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  7. Tanya23 January 2019 at 18:34

    Beautiful thimbles! I haven't seen the Korean work before... I was looking at the Kanazawa thread thimbles and have been resisting the temptation to try and make one of those... thimble work must be very small and fine!

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