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Phoebe Anna Traquair is associated with the Arts and Crafts movement and was adept at many disciplines including: painting, enameling, jewelry making, and embroidery.
France bestows its highest honor—Chevalier of the Legion of Honour—on Edith Wharton for her remarkable war-relief efforts in Paris during World War I (1914–1918).
Once a year, I get to edit Knitting Traditions, which brings in my passion for history.
American author and poet Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was born. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
This week in history: William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway marry. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
If one looks no further than the surface, any one of Jane Austen’s novels is nothing more than a well-written and engaging romance— enjoyable and entertaining.
