Tag: book group

  • Stories of Sewing

    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…

  • Textile Book Group

    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…

  • Textile Book Group

    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…

  • Textile Book Group

    Textile Book Group

    A social online group to talk about our favourite books about textiles. First meeting Monday 4th August 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.…