Point of the Needle: Why Sewing Matters Publisher / Surpllus or to endure amidst the

or to endure amidst the violence

there is also a unique

Amidst the crumbling taverns and overgrown yards

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who were also scientists

Point of the Needle: Why Sewing Matters Publisher / Surpllus or to endure amidst theTens of millions of people sew for necessity or pleasure every day, yet the craft is surprisingly under appreciated. Now available in paperback, The Point of the Needle redresses the balance: this is a book that argues for sewing's place in our lives. It celebrates not only sewing's recent resurgence but sewists' creativity, well being and community. Barbara Burman chronicles new voices of people who sew today, by hand or machine, to explore what they