The friends found a cross-stitch baby announcement for "Ty Christopher" that included his birthday and birth weight surrounded by ducks floating on water. "We had a good laugh to ourselves.

In ‘Cross-Stitch,’ a Grief-Driven Reflection on Young Womanhood In her searching new novel, Jazmina Barrera threads together loss, needlework and the hypnotic coming-of-age tale of three ...

Then there’s the 31-year-old weaver Jaime Antonio Ferreira Medina, who works under the name Puki and uses textiles to explore the complexities of being gay in rural Mexico.