Tag: exhibition
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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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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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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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Mary Linwood events
Save the dates for Mary Linwood related events in Leicester, September 2025 – January 2026. This is advance notice of in-person events related to Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Life at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery 13th September 2025 to 22nd February 2026. Entry to the exhibition is free. Some of the events are drop-in,…
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Moving The Needle
The under-appreciated originality of Mary Linwood (1755-1845) This essay is inspired by the prompt of Originality, posed by Beth Kempton on Substack for the Summer of Substack Essay Festival. You are welcome to subscribe to my substack but for now I intend to keep copying my writing over here on my website, so you could…
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