Category: Mary Linwood
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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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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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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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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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