PieceWork · No. 3
This issue of PieceWork features a variety of needlework patterns and stories focused on bags. From time-honored treasure bags to Turkish purses, there is a rich and wide history that surrounds these accessories.
Patterns, stories, and extras printed in Piecework September-October 2013.
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.
The purse is faded, and the colors of the cotton motif are bright only on the inside, but this bag still conjures curiosity.
