At one time education for girls was less about academics and more about preparation for their future lives. Girls learned the skills they needed to run households or to...
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What Is Berlin Work?
In the free patterns showcased this month, we have Star’s small motif cushion based on Victorian Berlinwork patterns. Berlinwork-style needlepoint remains popular today. It’s best known in the form...
Quaker Samplers Adapted for Needlepoint
I don’t do the whole shopping thing today, so I thought I would share with you a delightful type of Cross Stitch that can easily be adapted to needlepoint....
Quilt Barns — a Computer Chair Visit
You may be stuck at home, in front of the computer. It may be rainy or cold. Or you may have worked hard on the yard or house all...
Needlepoint Inspiration & the Pervasiveness of Ideas
Jan F is getting ready to do her third adaptation of a Moroccan rug and wrote about it in this post. The inspiration post is also pictured above. I’m...
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