Cheering Daily Life with Depression Lace
Despite its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, Depression Lace today is generally categorized—and often dismissed—as folk embroidery.
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Despite its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, Depression Lace today is generally categorized—and often dismissed—as folk embroidery.
SUBTry your hand at lace with this vintage-inspired piece.
Mary Elizabeth handcrafted this sample book of knitted-lace edgings and patterns. Patricia remembers that her mother often embellished linens and clothing.
Galina Khmeleva remembers the many months she spent under Olga Fedorova’s careful tutelage and watchful eyes while a guest in Olga’s home in Orenburg, Russia, perfecting her lace-knitting skills.
Explore 10 classic embroidery stitches.
A circular form of Spanish lace first appeared in sixteenth-century paintings, but this style of lace soon radiated out, and variations can be found far and wide.
What began as a lifesaving craft during Ireland’s Great Famine became a lifelong passion for a young woman who arrived in Clones in 1987—and ultimately led her to create a christening robe worn by generations of her family.
Nancie M. Wiseman shares her adaptation of a pair of knitted booties from a booklet that once belonged to Flora Campbell Chandler (1884–1965).
Learn the story of this delicate crochet style.
From engraving to knitting, Weldon’s Practical Needlework is a wonderful source for inspiration.
An unlikely fashion archetype emerged in France between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Former PieceWork editor Veronica Patterson shares some of her treasured bags from around the world.