Emb-effects

Stitching without tears

With her new book, embroidery empress Jenny Hart assists novices in starting and completing their projects

Jenny Hart needs no introduction to crafters. Her business, Sublime Stitching, brought embroidery back from the province of AARP members and turned it into a practice perfect for the 21st century. Even Hart believed the craft wasn't for ...

Yarnbombing

Yarn bombing, a new kind of street graffiti

Fiber artists go underground to mix wool and whimsy

Yarn bombing, the task of attaching yarn tags to unsuspecting objects, is an underground fiber art movement poppin...

Madeyouabeard

Breaking into the bearded boys club

Erin Dollar challenges gender roles with “I Made You A Beard”

Many women go to great lengths to remove facial hair: from painful waxing, threading, or plucking to costly laser ...


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