This Week in History: Needlework in the Montessori Classroom
Maria Montessori (1870–1952), well-known as an education innovator, opened her first school—Casa dei Bambini in Rome—on January 6, 1907.
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Maria Montessori (1870–1952), well-known as an education innovator, opened her first school—Casa dei Bambini in Rome—on January 6, 1907.
A well-preserved hat has allowed us to open a small window on life in the French colony of Louisbourg in the middle of the eighteenth century.
As queen, opulence and splendor were no strangers to Elizabeth I. This included Elizabeth’s embroidered clothing and her knitted silk stockings.
Lace trim is a lovely way to personalize a garment or an accessory. Knitting various Victorian lace patterns in a swatch size is a quick and fun way to try something new and then be able to let your imagination run a creative path to a new use.
The split stitch is one of the oldest and simplest of the basic embroidery stitches, visually resembling a small compact chain stitch, but with a much narrower and flatter appearance.
The Ellis Island Immigration Station reopens after extensive restoration and becomes the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
The Collecting Bag can hold gear for all your adventures, from camping to hiking to the farmers market.
The handkerchief hem is what first drew my eyes to this design.
Crochet is a language unique in needlework. Learning to crochet is like learning a foreign language that uses a different alphabet, a different construction, and a different elemental foundation.
Jacqueline Fee recounts how she came to knit the Brewster socks, which were based on an original sock that was brought to her attention by her daughter.
Carol Huebscher Rhoades’s lovely knitted scarf honors Isabella Bird, one of the nineteenth-century’s most extraordinary travelers.
Traquair House is renowned for its collection of embroideries, which were stitched by needlewomen whose descendants still live in the house today.