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

摘要

Threads of Life seeks to explore sewing and its social, emotional, and political significance throughout history. The book's abundant examples demonstrate time and time again just how deeply sewing and needlework have pierced every aspect of life from Mary Queen of Scots through to Talking Quilts (a 21st century project ran by the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles).