A social online group to talk about our favourite books about textiles.
A few weeks ago I hosted my first online textile book group and it was a delight! We talked about Clare Hunter’s Threads of Life and shared our reflections on the book, what resonated with our own stories, what we learned and how much we appreciated the stories she shared.
I love reading books about textiles and I love talking to people about books about textiles, so I have created a book group to do just that. It’s an online meeting, on the first Monday of every month. I’ll start with sharing some of my thoughts about the book of the month and we will have a chat. I have no idea how this will work, but it’s something I want to go to so I have made it happen. It’s about an hour at 6pm and it’s £5 or free for Maker Membership
The next one is coming up on Monday 1st September and we are discussing Resilient Stitch by Claire Wellesley-Smith. You can also listen to Claire on my Making Meaning podcast a couple of years ago.
Tickets are £5 but it’s free if you are part of my Maker Membership.
October’s Textile Book Group is on Monday 6th October and we are reading The Point of the Needle by Barbara Burman. Again, you can listen to me talking to Barbara about this book on my podcast when it came out two years ago.
Mary Linwood exhibition events
Workshops are now open for bookings including Embroidery Masterclass and Meet The Artist Gallery Tour. There are also free events, talks, tours and more. On 22-23 November there will be a whole weekend of embroidery-related activities including mini workshops, demonstrations, historic textile study session, talks and a relaxed time to meet others and stitch.
Ruth Singer 
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