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The Bayeux Tapestry: embroidery display, history instruction, art oeuvre, loan until 2027 to the British Museum in London, cultural icon

All hail the finishers who complete a deceased’s final project. They serve the living to whom it is a touching farewell.

Memorial projects: AIDS victims, Holocaust losses, Armenian diaspora consequences, and more

“The repetitive rhythmic action of sewing is meditative and calming to the nervous system of a trauma survivor.” Definitely true, although one or two of the examples are described with language that verges on psychobabble.

Embroidery as a technique for creating fine art—Ghada Amer and Michelle Kingdom

Crazy quilt mania of the 1880s—>so creative, so beautiful