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Celebrate a woman's right to vote with a tribute collar pattern.
Looking for a tool to pull a ribbon through stitching? The bodkin is your answer.
Let’s talk about the greatest enemy of all textiles: light.
Thimbles are highly prized by collectors and stitchers alike and loved for their practicality, beauty, and infinite variety.
In the 19th century, patents for buttonhole scissors began to be filed at the United States Patent Office, and some of these designs are still in use today.
Whether an object is “vintage” or “antique” might depend on whom you ask.
Embroidered pincushions are further embellished with coordinating pins for a beautiful and practical sewing aid.
The author searches for the story behind a beloved knitted kitten found in an antiques shop.
The Anatomy of a Collection—a series of three short articles that will appear in PieceWork—brings to light items discovered in Jill's mother’s “stash of goodies,” as she called it.
When Dawn bought her first antique friend in need book, she was attracted to its sweet, sewing-themed pockets, which are finished with braid trim on the pocket flap edges and labeled for the various contents held inside.
Learn tips and techniques to help you properly store extra-special textiles.
Studying the details of vintage and antique textiles can lead to many questions, and it helps us learn more about the era they came from.
It might be difficult to imagine how one tiny, seemingly humble object could have such a significant impact on human history, but there is no questioning the importance of the needle.