America’s Tapestry: An Embroidered Revolution
Blending historical research with masterful needlework, the America’s Tapestry project translates Revolutionary-era stories into vivid embroidered panels.
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Blending historical research with masterful needlework, the America’s Tapestry project translates Revolutionary-era stories into vivid embroidered panels.
A pair of hand-embroidered mittens from a World War II relocation camp serve as a testament to resilience and the sustaining power of craft. And you can make them, too.
How an estate sale purchase revealed a story sewn across continents.
As the year’s shortest day arrives, winter solstice celebrations and Christmas markets light up towns and cities around the world, blending ancient seasonal rituals with festive traditions. Gather with us to welcome the return of the light.
Our annual multi-craft eBook is here, bringing together 14 stunning patterns across knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and weaving.
For the second installment in our “A Place to Come To” series, we turn to Multicolores. This nonprofit association of Maya women in Guatemala offers programs that encourage artistic development, self-discovery, and economic empowerment.
Delicate petals, graceful motifs, and luminous silk come together in our newest eBook, a collection of unique silk-ribbon embroidery patterns designed to inspire your next heirloom project.
Stitched as a promise of marriage, worn through decades of daily life, and passed down from mother to daughter, Oline Hansen’s embroidered suspenders have carried a family’s history across continents and more than a hundred years.
Season 13, Episode 5: Brooklyn-based and globally focused, Tatter preserves the personal and cultural stories in cloth.
A Bayeux-style tapestry brings centuries of history to life and, for one of its makers, a deep sense of fellowship as she shares the tapestry and its story with audiences across Canada and the US.
Threads of Life and Making Matters author Clare Hunter shares a special view of craft and creativity.
Season 13, Episode 4: In search of inspiration for her fiber art, Mary Anne Wise has inspired and educated women in Guatemala to transform their lives by hooking rugs.