“The needle is used to repair the finest linen no less than the coarsest canvas; its work sustains and earns us our living.”
Elizabeth Parker, Sampler Maker (1789)
Explore the craft that threads stories into the cloths that adorn our world.
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“The needle is used to repair the finest linen no less than the coarsest canvas; its work sustains and earns us our living.”
Elizabeth Parker, Sampler Maker (1789)
Explore the craft that threads stories into the cloths that adorn our world.