I’d Rather Be Embroidering
There's sewing, and then there's embroidery. Translated from the French word meaning "embellishment," I'd Rather Be guest Caroline Matas describes embroidery as "painting with thread." The needle-and-thread art form has evolved quite a bit in the last 250 years, and this episode is full of surprises about the kinds of things hobbyists and artists alike have decided to embroider.
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Show Notes
Referenced in or Researched for this Episode:
Artist Judith G. Klausner’s Website
Embroidered Samplers and Women’s Education in 19th Century America
The ABCs of Schoolgirl Samplers: Girls Education and Needlework from a Bygone Era
Samplers: The Artwork of Children
American Samplers (Smithsonian)
Get Looped into Stitching When You Learn about the Embroidery Hoop
The Bayeux Tapestry (world’s largest embroidery)
Credits:
Music: Funkaroma by Kevin Mcleod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
Music: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring on harp, Johann Sebastian Bach
Record Scratch: https://freesound.org/people/luffy/sounds/3536/
