Hedy Strnad, a dressmaker in Prague in the 1930s, was not able to escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. However, some of her fashion designs did. Eight of her sketches, along with the garments they ...

Missouri Pettway, "Blocks and Strips Work-Clothes Quilt" (1942), cotton, corduroy, and cotton sacking, 90 × 69 inches, National Gallery of Art, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep ...

JAMES CITY — Stitching enthusiasts in the Williamsburg area have a replacement store in the stitching world with opening of Liberty Hill Needleworks on Longhill Road. For more than 40 years, Lydia ...

“X” marks the spot, or so the saying goes. For Pat Athanas, of Hyde Park, the phrase could be a life motto. As a lifelong cross-stitcher, Athanas has been “marking the spot” for as long as she can ...

Introduction: Stitching the self ... -- Johanna Amos and Lisa Binkley -- Part I: Emerging identity: Reconsidering the narratives of the needle -- 1 The identity of an embroidering woman: The needle ...

What can you do if the lens you’re using isn’t wide enough to fit in the entire scene you want to capture? We look at the factors involved in shooting and stitching panoramic images. Panoramas can be ...