PieceWork, March/April 1998

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• Bands of Beauty: The Estonian Handwork of Rita Tubalkain (Ricky Clark)- A devoted needlewoman adapts the traditional patterns of her homeland to counted cross-stitch, knitting, pattern daring, and embroidery.
• Gifts of Knitting: Estonian Mittens & Gloves (Nancy Bush)- A passionate knitter shares what Rita Tubalkain has taught her and what she has traveled to discover about traditional Estonian patterns and meanings.
• Recollections of Mary Catherine Severance Winchester (Celia Y. Oliver)- A nineteenth-century woman???s life is recorded in her 685-page journal???and in an amazing pieced and painted crazy patchwork silk quilt.
• Crazy-Quilt Motif to Paint (Susan Strawn Bailey)
• Riches of Romania- From the time of the ancient Greeks and Turks, many cultures have left thie mark on the craft traditions of Romania. Today, Romanian artisans and their traditions are leaving marks of their own.
• A Melting Pot of Traditions (Kate Kerr)
• Meeting Lucia Todoran (Gay Ellis)
• Romanian Beaded Motif to Stitch (Gay Ellis)
• Romanian Motifs (Poppy Gall)
• Romanian Point Lace (Sylvia Murariu)
• Romanian Point Lace Centerpiece to Make (Sylvia Murariu)
• A Fragment of Sicilian Cross-Stitch (Vima demarche Micheli)- A remnant of linen cloth tells the story of centuries of cultural influences.
• The Ladies Aid of Hope Lutheran Church (Debra L. Ballard)- In 1940, fifteen women in Rhodes, Michigan, formed a quilting group that did more than just make quilts.