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When Krupa Paranjape’s mother taught her to embroider as a child in India, she would make Paranjape rip out the stitches if they were not precisely lined up in the front and the threads were not ...

Greetings cards must have been quite big business in early 20th-century Malta, seeing how many publishers claimed a slice of the cake. I will dip into my collections to illustrate various trends – ...

The card will be sold at auction alongside a series of Royal letters Credit: BPM Media A rare and "charming" embroidered card made by Her Majesty the Queen when she was only a child is to be sold at ...

AT CHRISTMAS time the families of soldiers fighting in World War One longed for a card from the front line to drop through their letterboxes. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire ...

A group of children and youth with mental disability in Tiruchi have been extended a hand of support from Europe, and their talent for making embroidered greeting cards has led to a windfall order for ...