Most of the buyers tend to be international customers, overseas Chinese or businessmen needing a distinctively Taiwanese gift for trips abroad. Many overseas Chinese bring these auspicious-looking placemat sets abroad for use as wedding gifts. All of this demand has suddenly brought a flurry of activity to the practitioners of an art form once in danger of fading away.
購買台灣紅家族的顧客，主要是國際友人、旅外僑胞，或是要出國拜訪客戶的經理人，都是需要一份能代表台灣禮物的人，不少僑胞把喜氣的餐墊帶回僑居地當作結婚賀禮，這讓一度瀕臨失傳的纏花工藝，一下子忙到做不完。