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Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

By Clare Hunter

Delve into this globe spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard. From the Bayeux Tapestry, WWI soldiers coping with PTSD and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes and pink

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