There is little more gratifying than putting on a newly finished jumper, wearing it out and having someone complement you, is there? This is my Mum in a brand new Goodale cardigan by Cecily Glowick McDonald, proving the point. Well, it was knitted by me, but she was pretty pleased, nonetheless. I find that just […]
‘Look what I made!’ (Or the art of showing off your Rhinebeck Sweater) Read More »
A call for papers for what looks to be a really interesting conference in Liverpool this spring, held by Victorian Popular Fiction Association and Liverpool John Moores University. To be held at Aldham Robarts Library, LJMU, Liverpool, UK on Saturday 19th March 2016. Submission guidelines as follows. Submit by 5th February 2016. Please send proposals
Call for Papers – Dressed to Kill: Fashion in Victorian Fiction and Periodicals Read More »
My good friend from art school, Hannah Leighton-Boyce has some beautiful pieces of work on show as part of Cloth and Memory {2}, a site specific exhibition at Salt’s Mill in Saltaire this autumn. She’s exhibiting alongside 23 other artists, both UK based and from abroad, in this UNESCO World Heritage site. Hannah learned
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Family history tells that this framed piece of embroidery, a ship sailing the sea, had been made by my grandmother, Myrtle Green, in the 1930s in preparation for her marriage, for her ‘bottom drawer’ or ‘trousseau’. The embroidery, today, is usually housed in a 46cm x 38.3cm wooden frame. It’s a nice centrepiece that
Sewing Stories: The Galleon, part one Read More »
