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by Quickthorn author of: • “It’s sounds easy to say choose your thoughts but as we know in the heat of the moment it ...
09/10/2025

by Quickthorn author of: • “It’s sounds easy to say choose your thoughts but as we know in the heat of the moment it can be tricky … noticing how we are embodying those thoughts, as we think, can really help us take a moment to let go of negativity, embrace our choices of how to be with ourselves and the world and even with each other…. Have a great weekend. Please feel welcome to join the FQS weekend at at the end of the month.”

Winifred Nicholson, Cumbrian Rag Rugs is on in the Main Gallery at the Hub in Sleaford until 16 Nov 2025. Including the ...
07/10/2025

Winifred Nicholson, Cumbrian Rag Rugs is on in the Main Gallery at the Hub in Sleaford until 16 Nov 2025. Including the exciting work of Rachael Matthews author of Rag Manifesto. Best known for her radiant paintings, Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) was a leading figure in 20th-century British art. This exhibition reveals a lesser-known side of her creativity, her connection to the tradition of rag rug making in rural Cumbria.
Nicholson's work is featured in Rag Manifesto by Rachael Matthews, also from Cumbria. Rachael's piece, Lose Your Rag features in the exhibition. She created this from the discarded underwear of her in-laws, who had a tempestuous relationship – his indigo-dyed long johns are the sky, while her white knickers are the fireworks.
Hub-Sleaford Prick Your Finger

Knit + Stitch is happening next week, 9–12 Oct at Alexandra Palace. Lynn Setterington will be showing a selection of her...
05/10/2025

Knit + Stitch is happening next week, 9–12 Oct at Alexandra Palace. Lynn Setterington will be showing a selection of her work, her book Connecting Threads and new cards.
Connecting Threads 2, opens at Gallery Oldham, 8 Nov 2025 – 7 Mar 2026, following on from her successful show at the Fashion and Textile Museum.
An ethnographic embroiderer who engages with the world through stitch, Lynn has worked with communities worldwide and she combines popular culture, folk art and the everyday to make extraordinary artworks that celebrate what it means to be human. She talks opening in the book about the challenges of putting together collaborative works with diverse groups of people, so if that's something you do for your work, or you aspire to, this is the book for you.
stitch

Darning Socks: Innovative repair techniques by Hikaru Noguchi is in stock on our website now and is officially launched ...
03/10/2025

Darning Socks: Innovative repair techniques by Hikaru Noguchi is in stock on our website now and is officially launched on 16 October. You can order it from your local independent bookshop.
This book has inspired many mends and demonstrates all the darning stitches that you might want, and even the best way to thread a needle and what materials to use so that your feet don't feel the lumps!
Our own local Meet Make Mend group will be this Monday 6 Oct at Trinity Rooms Stroud, 7–9pm. Come and join us. I'll bring some books

We have been delighted by the interest in the book talk about The Red Dress in Stroud as part of the Stroud Book Festiva...
02/10/2025

We have been delighted by the interest in the book talk about The Red Dress in Stroud as part of the Stroud Book Festival. It sold out really quickly, so we've consulted the venue and are releasing more tickets, so if you were disappointed before, please do try again.
We'll be joined on the panel by Katie Taylor who designed and created the Costume for Gloucester, inspired by The Red Dress, Kirstie Macleod, editor Emma Bovill and Katy from Quickthorn.
Images here are of The Red Dress at the launch and celebration last Monday at The Mount Without in Bristol and The Costume for Gloucester on display in Gloucester Cathedral.
Katie Taylor SaltBaked The Red Dress A Crafter

This is Pedestrian Gate by Sam Pearce, 2025, made in memory of Artist-Blacksmith Alan Evans (1952 - 2023) Forged from mi...
30/09/2025

This is Pedestrian Gate by Sam Pearce, 2025, made in memory of Artist-Blacksmith Alan Evans (1952 - 2023) Forged from mild steel.
Commissioned by Bisley Community Compost Scheme celebrating the 20th anniversary of the BCCS.
Selected as part of the Inspired national open competition administered by the British Artist Blacksmiths Association (BABA).
Currently lent by the artist, to be handed over and installed in Bisley after the Earth Fire Iron exhibition.
Earth Fire Iron: Alan Evans and the New Iron Age is on at the Museum in the Park, Stroud, until 2 Nov. The book of the same title includes essays about blacksmithing and the new renaissance of the craft.
Graphic design by

30/09/2025

How do we find ways to express painful feelings when words are not enough? In their recently published book 'When Words are not Enough' Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds draw on their own experience of loss, and how the death of their son Josh has led to a creative response that is more than word bound.

Have you booked a slot to see The Red Dress in Stroud yet? You won't want to miss it.Tickets for the panel talk in the a...
27/09/2025

Have you booked a slot to see The Red Dress in Stroud yet? You won't want to miss it.
Tickets for the panel talk in the afternoon have nearly sold out and there are only 6 tickets left for the workshop on 6 Nov
The Red Dress will be at The Mount Without on Monday 29 Sept, then after Stroud it travels to Killerton House, Devon for a sojourn with the National Trust.
National Trust Killerton Stroud Book Festival The Fold Stroud

This Monday 29 September, The Red Dress will be at The Mount Without in Bristol to celebrate the project and the launch ...
25/09/2025

This Monday 29 September, The Red Dress will be at The Mount Without in Bristol to celebrate the project and the launch of the book. The evening event is sold out, but you can still book to see the dress during the afternoon from 2–6pm for free.
This is the link: https://reddressembroidery.com/The-book which is also in our linktree in the bio.
Hope to see you there. For those of you further afield, the book is available to buy in paperback as shown here, special hardback edition or as an e-book.

This is a Repost for new exhibition at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. Her book On Mending is one of ou...
23/09/2025

This is a Repost for new exhibition at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. Her book On Mending is one of our bestsellers and she’s working on a new title coming soon 😊
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UPCOMING EXHIBITION

PERFECTION: a question of repair
September 23 - November 29
Guest curator, Celia Pym

Reception, Film, and Artist Talk:
Friday, October 17th

Film, “Can Everything Be Mended?”: 3:00 PM, Northlight
Artist Talk, Celia Pym: 3:30 PM, Northlight
Reception: 4:30 - 6:30 PM, Gallery

An exhibition that celebrates the intimate and everyday qualities of mending, repair, and reconciliation. By showcasing artists who, through tracing or holding the damage in the mend, leave evidence of care and attention to the change in the object, and challenge the idea of a perfect object or act of repair.

Eleven participating artists from the United States and the United Kingdom.

Image:
“Mended Pastry Bag”, Celia Pym
Paper bag, various yarns

This Friday 26 September at the Museum of the Home, Katy of Quickthorn Books hosts Text and Textiles exploring the conne...
22/09/2025

This Friday 26 September at the Museum of the Home, Katy of Quickthorn Books hosts Text and Textiles exploring the connections between the written word and the world of cloth. This afternoon event brings together a selection of authors and publishers whose recent books offer insight into textiles through research, personal stories, and creative practice.
Talks will be 20 minutes each, followed by 10 minutes for questions. Speakers include Justine Lee, on the living legacy of wool; Anna Buruma, on Liberty’s early dress department; Hannah Lamb, whose work captures experiences of places through touch, making and material; Deena Beverley, on remaining creative even in extremis; and Rachael Matthews, exploring the traditional art of rag rug making for this age of the Anthropocene.
After the talks, there will be an opportunity to meet the speakers and have books signed. Whether you are interested in historical research, contemporary textile practice, or the stories embedded in cloth, this event offers the chance to engage with authors whose work brings these subjects to life.
There are a few tickets left on the Selvedge website – Link in the Tree
Museum of the Home

21/09/2025

🎟There are just a last few tickets remaining to join Katy Bevan, host of 'Text and Textiles' in exploring the connections between the written word and the world of cloth. - head to our bio to purchase or over to

📕This afternoon event brings together a selection of authors and publishers whose recent books offer insight into textiles through research, personal stories, and creative practice.

🗨Talks will be 20 minutes each, followed by 10 minutes for questions. Speakers include Justine Lee, on theliving legacy of wool; Anna Buruma, onLiberty’s early dress department; Hannah Lamb, whose workcaptures experiences of places through touch, making and material; Deena Beverley, on remaining creative even in extremis; and Rachael Matthews, exploring the traditional art of rag rug making for this age of the Anthropocene.

👉After the talks, there will be an opportunity to meet the speakers and have books signed in the antechamber. Whether you are interested in historical research, contemporary textile practice, or the stories embedded in cloth, this event offers the chance to engage with authors whose work brings these subjects to life.

⏰Friday 26 September 2-5pm
📍The Gregorian Suite
Museum of the Home - 136 Kingsland Road London E2 8EA

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