Marsha Borden

A look at Indian beetle-wing embroidery at the turn of the century.

Ladies’ Handkerchiefs in the Early to Mid-Twentieth Century

Plain sewers and fancy needleworkers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Hairwork was a way of remembering friends and relatives in the Victorian era—and of expressing women’s role in the home.

Recognizable anywhere and a staple in a crocheter’s repertoire, what do we know about its name?

Little Pieces of Found History