After stepping away from nightly scrolling, author Grace Helena Walz returned to her childhood hobby of cross-stitch and found unexpected calm in making something by hand.

This weekend, a local museum is inviting community members for a hands-on workshop exploring cross-stitch as a practice of ...

If you think cross stitch is limited to ‘Home Sweet Home’ and carefully stitched floral samplers, think again. Kevin Lustik’s fiber art flips tradition on its head, turning needle and ...

When you close your eyes and think about needle-based crafts—cross-stitch, needlepoint, embroidery, quilts—what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps it’s one of those patterned, ...

The first person to realize that the tiny holes in a fabric’s weave were the perfect guide for stitching precise little Xs might have trouble recognizing what is now known as counted cross-stitch. The ...

While I faced my second divorce at age 39, my best friend came to stay with me, hoping to soften the silence of my suddenly somber house. She brought two things: a box of tissues and a small ...