PieceWork, Spring 2021This issue has some beautiful needlework designs among other articles. At top

PieceWork, Spring 2021This issue has some beautiful needlework designs among other articles. At top you see a detail from one of the projects included in this issue: a knitted bag by Pat Olski using the style and techniques of Karin Bergoo Larsson, a Swedish fiber artist, who lived from 1859-1922. One could easily take this idea of knitting in different colors and then creating greater relief with embroidery and apply it to a wide range of projects. The beautiful pinks are a closeup of an embroidered panel project by Deanna Hall West which explains the use of the Pekinese and Chinese Knot stitches. Again, these embroidery stitches were and can be used in many projects. The crochet samples are projects drawn from the work of George Washington Carver, better known as an agricultural scientist, a man born into slavery who taught at Tuskegee Institute. Carver’s interests went well beyond botany and he left behind a collection of needlework swatches and Nancy Nehring offers instructions and chart for some of them. This article is one of two that reminds us we shouldn’t assume that all needleworkers were or are women–men have worked in all kinds of needlework from the embroidery guilds of Europe to shepherds and sailors. The other article is a close look from Susan Shaw at a quilt created by wounded British soldiers in the 19th Century which became part of her personal collection. There is also a schoolhouse sampler project, articles on dress and needlework from around the globe, plus notes on new products and books. You can find it at your local fabric store, needlework store, or online here: https://pieceworkmagazine.com/ -- source link

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