Yet in Jazmina Barrera’s understated and lovely debut novel, “Cross-Stitch,” translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney, embroidery is revealed to be as quietly brutal as young ...

The Craft The Gay Male Artists Subverting the Primness of Cross-Stitch Queer makers are using embroidery to challenge centuries of gender norms.

Amanda Zagloba owns Prairie Rose Needleworks in downtown Ames, which offers everything you need for embroidery and cross stitch.

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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?

Sharjah: A new exhibition about Emirati embroidery has come as a stitch in time. The show is part of wider efforts to keep tradition alive, especially among the youth, so the skill-set can ...

They all shared the same image: a cross-stitch that said “Boys Will Be Boys,” one that your grandma could have made, but definitely didn’t—because the second “Boys” was crossed out in ...

A stitch in time: can ancient skill of embroidery help alleviate poverty in a remote area of China? Workers cooperative helps the Qiang people of Sichuan province supplement their meagre farming wages ...