Gaze back into the past to read stories of how treasured textiles were given an extended life span with “make do and mend”, learn how flour-sack cloth became popular in the United States during the early twentieth century, or explore the history of the colourful mends that are stitched into the pages of some Medieval manuscripts.
Discover the story behind the knitted caps worn by peasant men in the Baltic, the history of ledra quilts in India, or the costume worn by Greek shepherdesses.
This issue of Piecework includes six projects related to the stories and articles within.
