TriChem was a 1970s phenomenon, at least where I lived. Everyone's mom painted pillowcases, tablecloths, even fancy drinking glasses with this remarkable paint in a ballpoint tipped tube. My friend Sue even had a full sized Sunbonnet Sue bedspread that her grandmother made. We'd sneak the paints and decoarte the back pockets of our cut offs.TriChem still exists, though I don't think it's so much of a home party biz any longer. You can now go online for all your tube protector and wonderflo needs.
When I look at the pictures I can still smell the mineral spirits we soaked the ball point tips in.We had FlowerLooms too. Remember those?
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Oh yes! I still have one of those flower looms...
Ah...a trip down memory lane...
yep...did TriChem..had the loom...we did macrame too and yarn bargello...
OH I do remember - and Artex was Tri-chem's rival - that is what I used. I painted a tree skirt one year when the kids were little - it has kids sledding - little trees - all sorts of christmas/winter things - it is on a heavy pelon - and the drawings are small - about 3" high each, drawn like in a coloring book. I could make such a beautiful tree skirt - quilted - crazy quilt - pieced - embellished - NO - the kids would have a fit if I replaced the one we have. I want a new one so badly, I'm hoping one of the kids will take it home one year and I can have a new one - goodbye Artex.
That is unbelievably cool. I'd never heard of such a thing.
Your family was so much cooler than mine it isn't funny.
By the way - I just took a look at TriChem's website, and it's wonderful! (By wonderful, I mean absolutely horrible.)
The products are laid out for purchase with absolutely no explanation of what they are, what they do, their dimensions, how many are included, or pretty much any other information a novice shopper might want. Evidently one either knows what they are, or one is out of luck. THAT is gutsy marketing!
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