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RSN Exclusive Stumpwork Poppy by Anita Harrison

£55.00

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This striking Poppy kit by embroiderer and RSN tutor Anita Harrison will instruct you how to make a poppy brooch with its four wire-edged scarlet petals and three-dimensional raised embroidery centre using jet black and dark grey threads.  Embellish your Poppy Brooch using threads, beads, sequins, ribbons and/or fabric from your own stash.  Full written instructions and materials to make the standard poppy brooch are included in the kit.

Then how you wear your Stumpwork Poppy Brooch, and how long for, is up to you. One thing we all know is that the Poppy is worn as a symbol of remembrance. What you may not be aware of is that is has been worn in remembrance of those who have lost their lives in conflicts around the world for over 100 years.

The wearing of a poppy originated when, shortly after losing a friend in Ypres in 1915, a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was inspired by the sight of poppies growing in battle-scarred fields to write his now famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’. The poem inspired American War Secretary, Moina Michael, who bought poppies to sell to her friends to raise money for Servicemen in need after the First World War. This was adopted by The (Royal) British Legion in 1921 who ordered a million poppies from Anna Guérin in France and commissioned a further 8 million to be manufactured in Britain. These were sold on 11 November that year in the first ever Poppy Appeal. The poppy now represents the contribution of families and of the emergency services.

 

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This striking Poppy kit by embroiderer and RSN tutor Anita Harrison will instruct you how to make a poppy brooch with its four wire-edged scarlet petals and three-dimensional raised embroidery centre using jet black and dark grey threads.  Embellish your Poppy Brooch using threads, beads, sequins, ribbons and/or fabric from your own stash.  Full written instructions and materials to make the standard poppy brooch are included in the kit.

Then how you wear your Stumpwork Poppy Brooch, and how long for, is up to you. One thing we all know is that the Poppy is worn as a symbol of remembrance. What you may not be aware of is that is has been worn in remembrance of those who have lost their lives in conflicts around the world for over 100 years.

The wearing of a poppy originated when, shortly after losing a friend in Ypres in 1915, a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was inspired by the sight of poppies growing in battle-scarred fields to write his now famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’. The poem inspired American War Secretary, Moina Michael, who bought poppies to sell to her friends to raise money for Servicemen in need after the First World War. This was adopted by The (Royal) British Legion in 1921 who ordered a million poppies from Anna Guérin in France and commissioned a further 8 million to be manufactured in Britain. These were sold on 11 November that year in the first ever Poppy Appeal. The poppy now represents the contribution of families and of the emergency services.

 

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