Thread: Does anyone do embroidery by hand anymore?
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Old 05-13-2009, 02:41 PM
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Joanne,
Penny squares are blocks of muslin with printed or drawn designs on them. They used to sell them in the olden days preinked and precut, and ready for redwork for a penny each, thus the name penny squares or penny blocks.
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