On average, it takes two weeks to needlepoint the fabric for a pair of carpet slippers.
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Bring the beauty of summer indoors with this Victorian-style pink daisy wreath
Before published patterns, sample books provided a way for stitch patterns to be collected and shared.
Plain sewers and fancy needleworkers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
One of the most patriotic symbols of World War I were the knitting bags carried by women everywhere.
From practical to fanciful, samplers are a great way to study crafts of the past.