While I faced my second divorce at age 39, my best friend came to stay with me, hoping to soften the silence of my suddenly somber house. She brought two things: a box of tissues and a small ...

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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, ...

The first person to realize that the tiny holes in a fabric’s weave were the perfect guide for stitching precise little Xs might have trouble recognizing what is now known as counted cross-stitch. The ...

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Queer makers are using embroidery to challenge centuries of gender norms. To accompany this story, the French artist Victor Siret created an original work, “Seaside Rendez-Vous” (2024), exclusively ...