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 ...

As the Texas Rangers battle the San Francisco Giants in the 2010 World Series, the 106th installment of the most American of championship series, we're taking a step back here on the Technology ...

“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 ...

Missouri Pettway, "Blocks and Strips Work-Clothes Quilt" (1942), cotton, corduroy, and cotton sacking, 90 × 69 inches, National Gallery of Art, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep ...

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 ...

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, ...