Author: Ruth Singer
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What we should be doing in creative business
Spoiler: it’s whatever you want to do. Neither me or anyone else can tell you want you should be doing. Find Your Focus can help you figure out what you really want to be doing. I’m not sure its possible to avoid comparing ourselves to others. As artists or creatives, we engage with the world…
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Things to read and learn
Gifts and courses for creative folk Early in my career I was a product maker, churning out scarves and brooches at this time of year, then later it was books and workshops and kits that I sold. I don’t make so much these days, and I don’t run many workshops but it would be foolish…
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Textile Book Group for 2026
A relaxed reading group for people who love books about textiles 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 a Monday evening. I’ll start with sharing some of my thoughts about…
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Find Your Focus
A gentle, supported reflection on the past year and a guide to finding your focus for the new year Find Your Focus is my annual course, running again in January. I developed the first version, Gentle Goal Setting in late 2020 and ran in for a couple of years, supporting dozens of creatives to be…
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Reflecting on Stitch Weekend
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A wonderful vibrant event celebrating Mary Linwood and all of us that love to stitch Last weekend I hosted a joyful event at Leicester Guildhall in celebration of Mary Linwood and all things stitch. I had lots of visitors as well as a brilliant team of artists and academics being part of this great event.…
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Making Connections
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My own textile work alongside Mary Linwood’s In August, before the Mary Linwood exhibition opened, I took all the work I had made for the exhibition for a photo shoot in St Margaret’s Church, Leicester. This is the church where Mary Linwood is buried and it seemed like the perfect atmospheric location for me to…
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Stitch Weekend
Celebrate Mary Linwood and all things embroidery at this free weekend event at Leicester Guildhall 22-23rd November Stitch Weekend 22-23 November 2025. 11am-3pm Free entry. Leicester Guildhall, Guildhall Lane Leicester LE1 5FQ A weekend celebrating the embroiderer Mary Linwood. The event includes historic textile handling, expert talks, vintage textile and book sales, artist demos and…
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Rachel Whitworth of the Bowes Museum: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 59
In this episode I’m talking to Rachel Whitworth, the curator of Fashion and Textiles at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. I’ve been working with Rachel recently to bring several of their Mary Linwood pieces to my exhibition in Leicester, and previously visited them in the museum stores to study and understand them better. Rachel…
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Textile Book Group
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. November’s session (Monday 3rd) is our short…
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Emily Jo Gibbs: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 58
I’m so pleased to share this conversation with Emily Jo Gibbs, a fantastic textile maker who I have admired for many years. It won’t surprise you that I love Emily’s work and we had a really interesting, broad-ranging conversation about the why behind the work. Emily is a British artist who has established an international reputation…
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