Behind the Scenes Minis: Embroidery Love Letter

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Holly talks about the various inspirations for her love of embroidery. Tracy shares her experiences with movies and her cat while embroidering.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.8	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.8	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:16.3	Hello and happy Friday.
0:18.7	I'm Holly Fry.
0:20.2	And I'm Tracy V. Wilson.
0:22.0	We had a cozy week of embroidery talk.
0:24.4	We did.
0:25.3	So I kind of need right now.
0:28.4	I love embroidery.
0:33.1	I have a very, I have very distinct memories of various embroidery points in my life.
0:42.7	I remember the first time I tried it and why it harkens back to that thing that I talked about with the koalas,
0:48.8	where I saw a project in one of my mom's sewing magazines.
0:52.7	And I was like, I want to do that.
0:54.4	And it was a quilt that was made that had, it used gingham fabric in it,
1:00.8	and the gingham was used as the grid basis for kind of a very loose style of cross-stitch.
1:06.4	And I was like, I want to do that.
1:08.3	And I did some of those, and they were very fun.
1:11.3	You've done beaded embroidery before, right?
1:13.2	You did a costume piece.
1:14.6	Yeah.
1:15.5	Most of what I've done has been cross-stitch.
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