PieceWork · No. 3

PieceWork March-April 2010

"Everyday Cloth" examines these and other oddities that Victorian and Edwardian women with the leisure to make things by hand thought necessary in their daily lives.

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Patterns, stories, and extras printed in PieceWork March-April 2010.

The “Pin” Is Mightier than the Sword: Politics and Needlework Magazines in the Early Twentieth Century
Before television, the widespread use of radio, and the internet, needlework publications at their peaks reached a total of more than one million subscribers.
Mary Dickinson Bird

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Indexed from PieceWork March-April 2010, in page order.

Sunbonnet, The: An American Icon In Texasp. 8
Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Presentp. 8
Collectionsp. 8
Margaret Young Stansbery’s Broderie Perse Quiltp. 10
Edging to Tat, Anp. 12
Motifs to Cross-Stitchp. 12
Knitting for Survival: Anna Samens and Her Knitting Machinep. 14
In Appreciation of Pot Holdersp. 18
Pot Holders to Knitp. 21
Very Best Afghans in the World, The

p. 23

Weave-It Pillow or Chair Pad to Make, Ap. 26

We Like Washday, Don’t We?: More Than Just a Sloganp. 30

Embroider a Washday Apronp. 30

Everyday Clothp. 32

Bag for a Bathing Dressp. 34

Monograms to Crochetp. 36

Grandma Twombly’s Back-of-the-Neck Scarfp. 40

Hand Towels to Embroider SO93:52p. 42

Ladies Useful Stockings to Knitp. 44

“Pin” Is Mightier than the Sword, Thep. 47

PieceWork March-April 2010

The “Pin” Is Mightier than the Sword: Politics and Needlework Magazines in the Early Twentieth Century