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Threads of Identity V
Those of you who have been reading the blog for some time may remember that I produced a series of small pieces based on Laura Ashley fabric in a sort of memory box arrangement with other artifacts....
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What I did at the weekend – mainly for fabric lovers
The Medieval Historian was working on his big book yesterday and this left me at a bit of a loose end. I had the afternoon and the car to myself, and so I decided to go to Downend to have a look...
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My latest (small) quilt
Most quilters I know have a travelling project, something they can take with them on holiday, or on a long journey, or for the really obsessive, to do in waiting rooms on visits to the doctors or...
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Embellished: new vintage by Karen Nicoll
Occasionally I recommend a book on this blog. There are so many new craft and design books that it is hard to know what’s worth money and what isn’t because initially they all look so tempting. I...
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What I did at the weekend part deux
As I mentioned in my last post, I had a weekend of stitch therapy after a hard week teaching the same material many times over. I finished the mourning quilt or memorial quilt that I wrote about...
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Inspiration
There really is light at the end of the tunnel. I have finished lecturing and am more or less over the worst of the marking, so I can get back to my research and textile work. And therefore back...
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A bit of a travelogue
I have just come back from a weekend in Copenhagen for the christening of my gorgeous godson, Noel. I had such a wonderful time that I did not really have time to make notes, or keep my diary, so I...
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Marrakech Maurice
This is the latest Laura Ashley husband doll, Marrakech Maurice. I wanted him to look a bit like Paul Getty in the famous photo by Patrick Lichfield of Talitha Getty on a rooftop in Marrakech: I’m...
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What I did at the weekend
It is very nearly my birthday and the Medieval Historian has to do work of national importance on that day, clearly, so on Sunday I had my official birthday. We went to the recently...
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Dolls in waiting
I went to my sewing group, St Andrews Quilters, last night. We are between projects and while we are deciding what we are doing next, because we work on group projects, we were doing our own...
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Shopping on Gloucester Road
Gloucester Road in Bristol is sometimes referred to as the last high street in England, and it is a bit of a weird mix of shops. I was walking along it last week when I saw these two fabulous...
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(D)rag Doll III
Some of you who read this blog regularly will know that I have been working on a project about a theory in gender studies that we are all, as women, wearing drag. This doesn’t just mean that we...
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Another Inspirational Book
If you read this blog regularly (and thank you if you do) you will know that I often recommend a really inspirational book that I have come across. Well, I have mixed feelings about this utterly...
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Yinka Shonibare MBE – Great exhibition
The Medieval Historian and I are up in Nottingham to see my mother. While we were in the vicinity we thought we would go and see the exhibition of Yinka Shonibare MBE’s work at the Yorkshire...
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On not having a Kaffe Fassett quilt
I haven’t posted much recently because I am mainly trying to finish things off and there isn’t much to show. I have taken two quilts to be professionally quilted which is a great way of getting...
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Deconstructed stitching
This is the first in a series of small pieces which I intend to bind into an artists book. The book will be a bit experimental and will deal with Walter Benjamin’s very short piece of writing, ‘The...
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What I did at the weekend
As part of my day job, I chair a scholarly organisation of academics working with critical or alternative ideas about management and organising, SCOS, which stands for Standing Conference on...
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Goth ladybirds
I am sorry for the gap in my postings. This is because I have been marking exam scripts against the clock. At the weekend I did get time to do a few things, which I will write about...
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Walter Benjamin Artists’ Book continued
I am continuing my slow progress on my artists’ book about Walter Benjamin’s ‘The Destructive Character’. I think that this might eventually be the cover. This is the bottom half of the panel....
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Kaffe Fassett at the London Fashion and Textiles Museum
Yesterday I went to the London Fashion and Textile Museum with my Grate Frend, Beatriz. We went to see the Kaffe Fassett exhibition. She had never heard of him, which I found a bit strange as all...
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