Over the last few years there has been a growing recognition of the trend among contemporary artists to engage methods and materials traditionally associated with craft. Sewing in particular has become a prevalent form of artistic expression among contemporary artists. This article is a consideration of sewing as an artistic practice in the works of three contemporary artists, Marie Watt, Nadia Myre, and Bonnie Devine. As contemporary artists well versed in postmodern art trends, Watt, Myre, and Devine engage many of the ideas and concerns that characterize current international art. Equally important, all three women have North American tribal affiliations that also inform their work, Watt as a member of the Seneca Nation, Myre with an Algonquin heritage, and Devine of the Serpent River First Nation. Keeping the artists' cultural backgrounds in mind, the position of sewing within both Western and Native North American art-making traditions must be considered, and their work is best viewed as a dialogue between these two traditions in relation to constructions of sewing as craft. (Contains 9 figures and 50 notes.)