A social online group to talk about our favourite books about textiles.
We are a few months into Textile Book Group and working our way through a great book every month. I’ve decided to alternate long reads with shorter reads to give more time for the longer books.
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
November’s session (Monday 3rd) is our short read of Many Hands Make a Quilt by Jess Bailey. I have a spare copy of this if anyone would like to borrow it – please email me.
Tickets are £5 but it’s free if you are part of my Maker Membership.
December is our longer read for this period and we are reading The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes, which will be my second read of it this year! Monday 1st December at 6pm. This is available through my affiliate link with Bookshop.org which means I earn a tiny fee.
You can see all my book recommendations, podcast guests’ books and book group books (where available) in my Bookshop.org shop here
Lost Threads: Mary Linwood’s Legacy by Ruth Singer
60 page A5 booklet covering the Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch & Life exhibition. This catalogue includes image of all the Mary Linwood embroideries featured in the exhibition including several close up details and the reverse of several too. There is also a section on Ruth’s own work for the exhibition.
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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