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ArticleThe Longest Night: Welcoming the Winter SolsticeAs 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.
ArticleStitching Stories: The Cultural Legacy of Hmong Story ClothsHow an estate sale purchase revealed a story sewn across continents.

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ArticleMittens of Memory: Beauty and Resilience in Wartime AmericaA 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.

ArticleAmerica’s Tapestry: An Embroidered Revolution Blending historical research with masterful needlework, the America’s Tapestry project translates Revolutionary-era stories into vivid embroidered panels.

ArticleMapping America, One Stitch at a TimeIn the first decades after independence, American girls learned the contours of their country by stitching them. At boarding schools, girls transformed printed maps into vivid embroidered visions of a young and still-forming nation.

ArticleDiscover an Irish Crochet Masterpiece and One Woman's Journey from Hardship to LegacyLearn the story of a determined dressmaker and her daughters and their precious Irish lace wedding jacket from 1881.

ArticleThe Art of Rescuing Forgotten Samplers Drawn to the damaged and dismissed, one collector uncovers the stories stitched within these less-than-perfect antique samplers and shares a pattern for you to stitch yourself.

ArticleDiscover a World of Blue and WhiteOur fascination with blue and white spans cultures, generations, and craft traditions. Explore this classic color pairing in our new Summer 2026 issue.

ArticleFrom Our Readers’ Hands: A Showcase of Your Finished ProjectsThese reader-submitted needlework projects show us that while a pattern begins on the page, it becomes something truly special when you make it your own.

ArticleAmerican Girlhood: Needlework, Memory, and the Making of a NationA new exhibition at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum gathers early American needlework to show how girls used needle and thread to record their worlds, often in ways history has only just begun to recognize.

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