Embroidery. Needlework. Stitchery. If you’re suddenly picturing an elderly lady bent over miniscule threads, needling them through cloth barely illuminated by a flickering candle — you might want to ...

Two artists in Kentucky designed a summer workshop for teens called The School of Needlework for Disobedient Women, using embroidery as an avenue to explore feminism, activism and self-expression.

With her first book on stitchery, needlework instructor Erica Wilson revived a craft and helped invent a publishing category. Her 1962 hardcover book, “Crewel Embroidery,” both popularized the pursuit ...

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Most of us are familiar with the cross-stitch patterns that adorn tablecloths and cushions across the world – whether it’s at your parent’s dining table, or the vintage-inspired cushions you find at ...

Puleng Segalo receives funding from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. In June 2020, three months after South Africa entered the first of a series of hard lockdowns to slow ...