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Trimmings: Chantilly Border to Tat

This border is useful for trimming underlinen, pinafores, and many other purposes.

The Long Thread: Stella Ruhe

Stella Ruhe, Knitwear Designer and Author

The Process of Being Creative

Exploring the hands-to-brain connections

Enraptured by the Stars

Author Barbara Morrison shares the inspiration behind her embroidered star objects

A Huck Towel to Embroider

With its vibrant, geometric designs, the huck towel is a colorful icon of mid-twentieth-century kitchens.

Lost in Translation

Vintage vs. Modern and Left vs. Right

PieceWork Winter 2021: Needlework, All Buttoned Up

Our closure issue takes a look at the subject both in a literal and cultural sense.

Long Thread Podcast: Laurann Gilbertson

Season 3, Episode 7: As the curator of Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, Laurann Gilbertson has a dream job for lovers of historic textiles.

How to Safely Store (Most) Textiles: Part 3

Learn how to safely store your textiles and how to combat the three enemies of cloth.