Los Angeles Times

Erica Wilson dies at 83; needlework instructor built embroidery empire

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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American needlework; the history of decorative stitchery and embroidery from the late 16th to the 20th century

NMAHTEX copy 39088019431311 inscribed by the author. American Indian porcupine quill embroidery -- Indian bead needlework -- Indian applique, Alaskan fishskin needlework -- Early stump work, silk and ...
Duke Today

Celebrate 20 Years of Working@Duke One Stitch at a Time

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Working@Duke print publication, we offer this cross-stitch pattern as part of our ...
The Independent

Following the patterns of history

A flock of birds come alive in the skilled hands of Fu Xianghong, a master of Su embroidery known for her flower-and-bird works (GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY) “Only when I take the needle out and touch ...
The Conversation

The power of needlework: how embroidery is helping South African women tell unspeakable stories

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 ...
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American needlework; the history of decorative stitchery and embroidery from the late 16th to the 20th century, by Georgiana Brown Harbeson; illustrated with photographs ...

American Indian porcupine-quill embroidery -- Indian bead needlework -- Indian applique, Alaskan fishskin needlework -- Early stump work, silk and wool needlepoint pictures -- Crewel embroidery in the ...