Embroidery as an Art Form

Lately, I feel like I have been seeing embroidery used in very artistic ways. I just love this concept. It manages to remind the viewer of all those many women in America (and beyond) who have stitched for decades. It also is a fresh break from traditional mediums like watercolor and oil paints. This artist Rosalind Wyatt has used the embroidered stitch to tell a love story. I just love it. Look through the images if you have time.....here. She does such lovely work!

Happy Stitching All!
Brooke

Just in case you ever think needlework goes un-noticed

This piece of American Needlework recently sold at Sotheby's for $1,070,500. It was created by Mary Antrim, a New Jersey school girl in 1807. So just in case you ever feel like you do all that work for nothing, you never know. Your work might end up at auction one day, fetching a pretty penny :) Read the whole story here.  

Happy Stitching All!

Brooke