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Season 15, Episode 3: Exploring collections of early American cloth, Emily Whitted finds stories of creativity, virtue, and the intimate lives of people from many backgrounds.
Season 15, Episode 2: A fifth-generation quilter from the legendary community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, Loretta Pettway Bennett turns well used cloth into her own expressions of color and community.
Season 14, Episode 5: Best known for his work with peanuts, renowned agricultural scientist George Washington Carver had a lifelong passion for needlework. Park Ranger Curtis Gregory shares stories about Carver’s interests in handwork and natural dyeing.
Season 13, Episode 9: Ethereal, durable, ornamental, powerful—what does lace mean to you? Through academic study and the work of her hands, Elena Kanagy-Loux teaches that lace is all of these things and more.
Season 13, Episode 7: If you couldn’t finish your needlework or craft project, what would become of it? A volunteer organization founded by two knitters wants to make sure it gets into the hands of your loved ones.
Season 13, Episode 6: A punch-needle pioneer transformed her loves of drawing and textiles into a lifelong craft, a patented invention, and a global learning community.
Season 13, Episode 5: Brooklyn-based and globally focused, Tatter preserves the personal and cultural stories in cloth.
Season 13, Episode 4: In search of inspiration for her fiber art, Mary Anne Wise has inspired and educated women in Guatemala to transform their lives by hooking rugs.
Season 13, Episode 1: Bewitched by embroidered pieces she saw in a museum, Sarah Pedlow followed the thread to a new culture and a new calling.
Season 12, Episode 10: In her study of women’s lives and needlework, Nicole Nehrig explores the many ways that needle and thread give life meaning.
Season 12, Episode 8: From yarn reviews to yarn creation, journalist and bestselling author Clara Parkes takes knitters on a journey of wooly exploration.
Season 12, Episode 7: Whether knitting for sale when she was a child or for joy as an adult, Hazel Tindall brings her creativity and her Shetland heritage into every speedy stitch.
Discover the valuable connection of fine arts and needle arts in the Fall 2025 issue of PieceWork.
