Category: Projects
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Vintage & antique textile sale
Sunday 28th June. At Unit Twelve, Hixon, Staffordshire. You won’t be surprised to learn that I have far too much fabric in my studio… so I am having a sale, at the gorgeous gallery / studio Unit Twelve, run by Jennifer Collier. I have sorted out three big boxes of things I am ready to…
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Garden retreats for artists
Creative reflection days for artists in a tranquil, (almost) secret garden in Leicestershire. Over a year from summer 2024 to summer 2025, I was artist in residence at Mill Field Forest Garden, Leicestershire. Over that time, I hosted some open days for artists to come along and experience immersion in nature and chance to breathe…
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Reading & Writing: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 62
A few weeks ago someone told me that she didn’t know I had written several books, so I realised I don’t talk enough about my writing! The podcast is about the writing of those books; three with traditional publishers and three self-published books about my work. The third self-published book is coming very soon, it…
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Stories of Sewing
Why are there so few books about women and their stitches? Where are the stories of sewing women? Where are the memoirs of stitchers and sewers? Thousands of women in this country sew, hundreds of thousands of us sew across the world, millions, surely. Sewing connects women across generations, across continents and cultures and across…
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Cherry Blossom and the power of co-creation
Last weekend I went to see Sara Cook’s Cherry Blossom Project in the Garden Museum, London and it was amazing! I don’t often get to take part in other artists’ projects so it was a real treat for me to be on the other side for a change. At the launch Sara talked about the…
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Hand & Heart – announcing my new project
In the darkest days of November, I worked really hard on a funding application to Arts Council England to expand The Victorian Hand project and enable me to work with more people. It was a long wait over the winter until I finally heard back in mid-March and now the project is getting started. Over…
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How to recognise a Mary Linwood embroidery
Attributions and confusions, Mary Linwood’s Lost Legacy During my research into Mary Linwood, I came across plenty of embroideries that had been attributed to her in the past. There are also some in museums that I am not convinced are actually by Mary Linwood and some that have been auctioned in recent years that look…
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Museum Visits
Close-up with Mary Linwood in museum collections Visiting museum stores to see historic textiles close up is my idea of textile heaven. During the development of Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Life exhibition, I got to visit Leicester Museum stores a few times, the Bowes Museum and the V&A Storehouse. I also saw a couple…
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Embroidered Herstories: Rediscovering Mary Linwood
A new online course packed with information about the life and legacy of the great Mary Linwood. I’ve created this to share some of the masses of research I did for the exhibition, Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch & Life. There’s a free introduction talk coming up and the full course
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Final Week of Mary Linwood Exhibition
Plus Meet the Artist this weekend! and free postage for exhibition catalogues this week too I’m so sad that the exhibition is finally coming to an end – it’s been a wonderful few months seeing Mary Linwood’s work alongside my own. The exhibition closes on Sunday 22nd February. It’s open every day weekdays 11-4.30 and…