At first glance, Allison Manch’s work looks quaint, maybe a little fussy. Her delicate, hand-embroidered handkerchiefs recall a prettier era, before someone thought to invent Kleenex; back when no ...

Earlier this century, in north-central Connecticut, Christmas was a time when church and school pageants were the primary part of the holiday celebration, and gifts were a less important part of the ...

It was in the early 1960’s that Mrs. Siva Obeyesekere, who was passionate about all things handmade, started 15 sewing centers in the Attanagalle and Maligawa electorate. About 500 women attended the ...

Scores of handkerchiefs are to be displayed like bunting across Langton Place shopping parade, in Bury St Edmunds, as part of the My WiSH Charity’s First World War trail. It is part of a project ...