Alexandria resident Ellen Meyer has been keeping customers “In Stitches” at her specialty needlepoint store for 20 years. The owner celebrated her shop’s anniversary on Sept. 5, with grilled hot dogs, ...

Long Nyusanjiu stitches for a tin embroidery work at her workshop in Jianhe county, Guizhou province. YANG JIAMENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Big hills and small hills, rakes and harrows, long table feasts, ...

A few potholders, some Christmas ornaments, a doll or two -- these are sewing projects I often take on as the holidays near. As I add the rickrack trim to an ornament or embroider the sweet smile on a ...

Taylor Payne was living a mile away from Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2014, the day that police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown. In the following weeks and months, ...

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Every time she cross-stitches lions, tigers, jaguars, and elephants, Beverley Hutson is amazed by the pictures appearing as she works. “When you stand back, you think it’s a photograph,” she said.

Parker Posey (a longtime needlepointer) on everything a beginner needs to know, from the eyeglass-case kits that quickly made Cameron Diaz capable to the 1973 pattern book written by an NFL legend.

From colourful stitches to fabric mixing, visible mending can breathe new life into garments with stains or holes Ask a visible mender to explain why they love to repair clothes using patches or ...