Urban and Eden

Put on a pedestal

There are many occasions when a woman's role in discoveries, innovations and the creative sphere have been ignored or hidden. Embroidery,...

Illuminate Tapestry and the Network of International Women

I first saw the colourful ‘Illuminate’ tapestry when it was exhibited across the first floor mezzanine balcony in the Jubilee Library,...

Suffragette Brighton banner

Procession 2018 and a Brighton Banner ‘Let us go then, and make banners as required, and let them all be beautiful.’ Mary Lowndes, Banner...

Natural Dyes with No Serial Number

This was the first event in a new monthly series of talks, Q&A and networking committed to helping artists, creatives, crafters and...

Dovecot Tapestry Studios

This wonderful studio was a happy find on a very brief visit to Edinburgh this week, the weaving takes place in a former Victorian public...

A Stitch In Time

In February, I had a beautiful, frosty, early morning walk along the banks of the Thames to Hampton Court, to take a one day class in 'An...

Stitched but not forgotten - Georgie Meadows exhibition

Travelling North I visited the beautiful National Centre for Craft and Design, on the top floor there was a thought provoking exhibition...

Sampled Lives Exhibition

I visited the wonderful Fitzwilliam Museum and galleries in Cambridge, (UK) this weekend. I specifically went to see the exhibition...

Stitching banners for freedom – the Suffragettes

It is difficult to step into the shoes of the women and girls who bravely pressed for the right to vote, even with the current...