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Join us on a journey around the world to celebrate the makers keeping this ancient craft alive.
Check out some of our favorite offerings of Chinese needlework to celebrate the Year of the Horse.
Discover a hidden tradition at the newest exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It’s the latest destination in our A Place to Come To series, highlighting remarkable exhibitions and collections.
We offer up a poem, “The Needle,” to delight and amuse you. Share it with your stitching group, guild, or on social media.
I have here on my desk a tiny piece of Miao cross-stitch embroidery from Guizhou Province, China, that is worked at 34 stitches—cross-stitches!— to the inch.
Researchers believe that this blue-and-white embroidery varied little over the centuries.
Women have been involved with textiles throughout time; after all, they have been inspired by a goddess!
There is confusion in the embroidery literature between these two similarly named stitches. Deanna helps explain the differences.
Silk fabrics are incredibly diverse, varying according to weave, thread count, and weight of the fibers.
Before you begin a collection of your own, whether it be of handbags, lace, linens, quilts, or garments, Christen Brown suggest that you first research the periods and styles that interest you the most.
This circular shawl with a chrysanthemum as the main motif, from the September/October 2017 issue, is Katrina's tribute to this brilliant film.
Welcome to the “Who Knew?” issue of PieceWork! The Summer 2019 issue is brimming with surprising information on needlework history.
The Summer 2019 issue of PieceWork focuses on knitting. The history behind each article and project is truly captivating and illustrates the serendipitous nature of knitting around the globe and across time.