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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.
ArticleEasy Stitcheries for Little Fingers

Anne Merrow

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February is National Embroidery Month. What are you working on?

ArticleNineteenth-Century Embroidery on NetNet embroidery was fairly simple to do but required patience. Catherine would have traced the design on paper or cloth, then basted cotton bobbinet over it, keeping the net straight and not too tight as she mounted it on a simple pasteboard frame.

ArticleA Jacobean Floral Design in Miniature Punch Needle EmbroideryLooking for a new craft technique to try?

ArticleFor All Access membersWhat is Needle Lace?Take a peek at this intriguing technique that has varying traditions all over the world. Plus, All Access subscribers can download the Yap Lace Edging pattern to try needle lace for yourself!

ArticleMaking Do: Memories of MendingIn the past, most needleworkers learned this craft at their mother’s side, but today this is rare. In the March/April 1997 issue of PieceWork, contributor Kax Wilson recalled her mother’s time spent mending during the early twentieth century.

ArticleSafekeeping: PieceWork Summer 2021Explore the preservation of needlework by learning about past makers, considering how we care for our collections today, and supporting future makers carrying needlework into the future.

ArticleNasca Cross-Knit LoopingDiscover cross-knit looping, which is a form of needlework native to the Nasca people, a pre-Incan culture who lived on the south coast of Peru.

ArticleWeldon’s Not-so-Weird BeadworkFor our weekly foray into the needlework world of “Those Weird Victorians,” file this installment in the not-remotely-weird category. The Victorian’s frequently embellished and adorned their clothing with beadwork.

ArticleWeldon’s Mystery Project: Knitted Beaded CuffsBack in the 1880s, Victorian knitters relied on illustrations to gauge the worthiness of a new knitting project. Weldon’s Practical Needlework is filled with page after page featuring marvelous depictions of all manner of Victorian needlecraft.

ArticleWhat in the World is an Under-Sleeve?We own a number of 19th-century needlework books and pamphlets, and let me tell you—they are FASCINATING. And sometimes comical, sometimes puzzling, to the modern crafter.

ArticleTrekking the Globe in Stitches: EuropeThe next stop on our tour of needlework from the seven continents is Europe. Helene Baine Cincebeaux introduces us to the beautiful beadwork of Central Europe.

ArticleKnit Your Own Victorian Lace Stockings from Weldon’s Practical NeedleworkMake these lovely stockings for your favorite sock fan—or for yourself!

ArticleWhat in the World is Weldon's?One company, Weldon’s, began as a paper pattern company and became one of the most recognized needlework publishers in Victorian England.

ArticleBook Lover’s Peek into the PastThis boxed set of six volumes of Weldon’s Practical Needlework is what you’d want to take to that proverbial desert island.

ArticleEnigmaThis riddle is included in Ladies’ Needlework; Crochet Tales and Poetry: A Melange of Instructions and Amusements, originally published in 1849.

ArticleAdapting Children’s Sock Patterns for WomenFor those familiar with Weldon’s Practical Needlework, you know there are hundreds of sock patterns in the various volumes.

ArticleDaniel DefoeApril 24, 1731: English journalist and acclaimed author Daniel Defoe dies. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.

ArticleWeldon’s Mystery Project: Petticoat for Child of TwoThe “Petticoat for Child of Two” from Weldon’s Practical Crochet, Third Series (in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 1) would make a perfect gift for the upcoming holidays or a birthday.

ArticleWeldon’s Mystery Project: Eis Wool ShawlThe “Eis Wool Shawl” from Weldon’s Practical Crochet, Third Series (in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 1) lacks an illustration.

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