PieceWork Summer 2020

Fluted Lace Shawl

A 1930s knitted-lace edging provides the springboard for an exploration of knitting vintage patterns at a larger gauge. Cast on and knit along.

Carolyn Wyborny

Carrying and Protecting Little Ones: Native American Cradleboards

Busy parents around the globe have found different ways to keep babies protected—physically and spiritually. Read about the stunning cradleboards that were created in several native North American traditions to swaddle and secure.

Beverly Gordon

Of Buttons, Buttonholes, and Samplers

Buttonhole samplers don’t contain the elegant scenes, alphabets, and pious poetry, but a young woman preparing for a job as a domestic servant or seamstress could use a buttonhole sampler to demonstrate her sewing abilities.

Susan J. Jerome

Notions: How did they do that?

Peel back the layers of needlework history and uncover more about historical textiles from around the globe in the Summer 2020 issue of PieceWork.

Kate Larson

From this issue

Fluted Lace Shawl

Carrying and Protecting Little Ones: Native American Cradleboards

Of Buttons, Buttonholes, and Samplers

Notions: How did they do that?

What’s inside