Stitching A Legacy

Stitching A Legacy: American Needlework Projects and Stories by Piecework Magazine in association with the Peabody Essex Museum

In an unprecedented cooperative venture, Piecework magazine collaborated with the Peabody Essex Museum, the American Needlepoint Guild and the Embroiderers' Guild of America to create this lavishly photographed collection of twenty-four stunning contemporary projects based on objects that included in the museum's collection. The book includes intriguing and poignant stories documenting the story behind each piece along with photographs of the originals. Stitching A Legacy brings together important strands of women's history and contemporary design and needlecraft technique in a volume that is both beautiful and useful.

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