Living in New Jersey, this summer's heat and humidity nearly did me in and ragweed season is now trying to finish the job. Honestly, I'm rarely content – at some point I find fault with every season. As a depressed introvert and delicate flower, I'm in a...

Most of the members of my EGA chapter focus on cross stitch, needlepoint, and other types of canvas work. I've always preferred working with surface embroidery, even though as a kid I thought it was called 'cruel' to reflect its difficulty, e.g. smooth satin...

While looking around for inspiration, I'm often amazed by the talented needle artists out there! Part of the fun of just wandering, are the pleasant surprises we come across. Thanks to many needlework blogs, and sites like Etsy and Pinterest, we have access...

A few years ago, I bought a book called, "Metropolitan Cats," published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1981. In it I found a photo of an early 1900s lithograph, created by an unknown member of the Wiener Werkstatte, an association of artists...