This weekend, a local museum is inviting community members for a hands-on workshop exploring cross-stitch as a practice of ...

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 ...

“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 ...

EATONTOWN - Growing up in Bradley Beach and Long Branch, Bette Goldenberg was an avid student, enjoyed the creative arts and had a knack for teaching others. And years later, she was able to ...

When you close your eyes and think about needle-based crafts—cross-stitch, needlepoint, embroidery, quilts—what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps it’s one of those patterned, ...

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 ...

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 ...