I occasionally browse through second-hand and antique stores. I sometimes feel a twinge of sadness when I see items I know are hand crafted for sale. (I’m thinking of things ...

Needlework collectively refers to craft disciplines that utilize needles to create finished projects. Needlework encompasses sewing, knitting and cross stitch. In addition, needlework includes ...

The museum and visitors center, which opens Sept. 22, tells the life story of Mother Seton through an immersive experience, examining her impact as the first native-born American to be canonized. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 27—Walk into the Florence Griswold Museum galleries, and you are surrounded by rich textiles and elaborate needlework. A ...

In 2012, when your young daughter brings home her school artwork, it will most probably find pride of place on the refrigerator behind a magnet commemorating your trip to Disney World. Eventually it ...

A few centuries ago, kids in classrooms did needlework samplers. They’d stitch their ways through linen stretched tight in wooden hoops as part of this rather slow & demanding hobby. It also taught ...

"Drawing from 167 examples of decorative needlework -- primarily samplers and quilts from 114 collections across the United States -- made by individual women aged 40 and over between 1820 and 1860, ...