Author: Ruth Singer
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Lost Threads: Mary Linwood’s Legacy
Exhibition catalogue by Ruth Singer is now available The gorgeous exhibition catalogue is now ready to order online! This is a lovely 60 page A5 booklet full of wonderful images of Mary Linwood’s embroidery and my own work photographed in the atmospheric St Margaret’s Church. This catalogue includes all the exhibition text and captions for…
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Jayne Emerson: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 57
In this episode I’m talking to the brilliant creative textile designer Jayne Emerson, known to many of you as the creator of the No Rules Textile Society – a membership group full of inspiration and creative play. Jayne is also a textile designer for fashion and interiors, she’s written six craft books and creates courses…
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Rediscovering Mary Linwood
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A talk by Ruth Singer exploring the fascinating history of this great Leicester artist I could talk about Mary Linwood for hours but I am limiting myself to just one hour – and it will be one very special hour in the beautiful Leicester Guildhall, a building Mary Linwood must have known too. I”ll be…
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Installing the Mary Linwood exhibition
Behind the scenes of the final stages of the exhibition (which is now open!) The last couple of weeks have been frantic, finishing everything off for the Mary Linwood exhibition. I spent a week sewing up the last few things, framing and finishing my work, then packing it all in plastic bags to spend 3…
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Dr Heidi Strobel: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 56
Dr Heidi Strobel is my guest in episode 56 about Mary Linwood. Heidi joined me from The University of North Texas, USA where she is is Professor of Art History. She is also the author of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation, and Entrepreneurship in Britain 1787-1845 which has been invaluable for my exhibition research. Heidi and…
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It’s nearly time..
Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Life exhibition opens this weekend! After almost two years of work, the biggest exhibition of my life is almost ready. It’s been a real joy to work with the incredible embroideries of Mary Linwood and to know that they will soon be seen again, some for the first time in…
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Dr Isabella Rosner: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 55
Episode 55 is more of the summer of stitch series, this time with the brilliant Dr Isabella Rosner, Royal School of Needlework curator, podcaster and all round historic embroidery enthusiast. She has been part of the Mary Linwood fan club for years and we had a wonderful time talking about all the complexities of Linwood’s career…
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Textile Book Group
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…
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Mary Linwood events open for bookings
What’s coming up for the Mary Linwood exhibition from September 2025 to February 2026. Events start with free Social Stitch sessions in the gallery, where there are tables and stools alongside the Mary Linwoods. These take place monthly on Monday afternoons, the first is 22nd September which I hope to attend. The first ticketed event…
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Claire-Louise Hardie / The Thrifty Stitcher: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 54
Today’s episode is more in the summer of stitch series, this time with a very different kind of maker. Claire-Louise Hardie is a costumier and sewing teacher, expert in making clothes and understanding how clothes work and how they make us feel. This is a really fun conversation exploring very different things than this podcast…
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