National Academy of NeedleartsCategory: Preservation
What’s In Your Hope Chest?
By Connie Lynn Borserine This article first appeared in NANthology, the NAN newsletter, in fall 2009. Do you remember those ads in magazines years ago that featured a beautiful cedar chest overflowing with a wedding dress, baby clothes, photos and various…
Read MoreDon’t Get Framed By Your Framer
By Anita Spitzhoff This article first appeared in the NAN newsletter in summer 1990. You have worked for weeks to complete your latest needlework masterpiece, and finally – it is finished! You decide to have the piece framed and you…
Read MoreEcclesiastical Embroidery and Preservation
By Carlene Harwick This article first appeared in the NAN newsletter in April 1988. HISTORY Embroidery has been an artistic expression for centuries, although it was not always so. For several centuries after the death of Christ, the customary vestments…
Read MoreADHESIVES – Are There Hazards?
By Sue O’Neill This article first appeared in the NAN newsletter in June 1987. Click here to see the original publication. Do we, as embroiderers and educators, need to reconsider the general use of adhesives as applied to our embroidered…
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