Forthcoming from Princeton University Press, 'The Atlas of World Embroidery' celebrates the global history of a timeless ...

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 ...

Antep embroidery, a traditional Turkish needlework recognized worldwide and recently inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative ...

In 2012, when your young daughter brings home her school artwork, it will most probably find pride of place on the refrigerator behind a magnet commemorating your trip to Disney World. Eventually it ...

Prairie Rose Needleworks in downtown Ames features a wall of embroidery floss that seems to contain every color of the rainbow. Owner Amanda Zagloba opened the bright, cheery shop in 2024, offering a ...

Embroidery is a delicate art form that has stood the test of time. Its core involves adorning fabric with intricate patterns and designs using needle and thread. But one crucial step in this process ...

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A few weeks ago, my friend Lux Alptraum (who runs the fantastically NSFW porn blog Fleshbot) asked me if I could teach her how to do cross-stitch embroidery. Sure, I said. Needlepoint was actually one ...

To the War Office, the thought of soldiers doing embroidery led to fears that it would make them weak. Officials believed that letting men take up needlework would 'effeminise' them. But, as a new ...