Costume

What Costumes Reveal: Creative Expression or Cultural Identity?

Learn from a folk wear expert how modes of dress are constantly changing and inspiring—even those that seem rooted in long-standing tradition. 

Kate Mathews

Learning Domestic Skills in Changing Times

Early 20th-century sewing books reveal how home-taught domestic skills became technical classroom lessons.

Susan J. Jerome

The Rose Tablecloth

Little is know about this elaborately embroidered tablecloth from the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection of Colorado State University.

Linda Carlson

The Tradition of Knitting in Lithuania

The first known mention of Lithuania is in the historical records of the monastery of Quedlinburg, Germany. Handwork in Lithuania also has deep roots.

Piecework Editorial Staff

A New Chapter for a Historic Costume Collection

Learn about the University of Connecticut Historic Costume Collection and the efforts underway to organize, refine, and curate the collection.

Susan J. Jerome

Developing a Character, Developing a Costume

What do you wear for historical reenactment?

Suzanne Smith Arney

Long Thread Podcast: Mathew Gnagy

Season 3, Episode 1: As the Modern Maker, Mathew Gnagy brings the needlework techniques of Early Modern Europe to a contemporary audience.

Anne Merrow

Knitting Traditions 2018: Directoire Top

If you enjoy making clothing with vintage flair, check out Jennifer Wood’s Directoire Top from Knitting Traditions 2018.

Deb Gerish

The Traditional Red Embroidery of the Slavic People

Embroidery, one of the foremost Slavic folk arts, was so revered that it was mentioned in folktales, songs, and proverbs.

Mary Polityka Bush

To Russia with Love

Piecework Editorial Staff