‘The Fabric of Democracy’ exhibition 2023

Today I’d like to share with you some photos from ‘The Fabric of Democracy’ exhibition 2023 at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. It illustrates – with a wide range of examples – ways in which textiles reflected political upheaval, were used for propaganda or functioned as a method of resistance, This beautiful 1914 lace panelContinueContinue reading “‘The Fabric of Democracy’ exhibition 2023”

East Kent gallery visits

This week I had the pleasure of visiting three galleries in East Kent with Janet Bevan, a fellow quilter who I met since coming to Ramsgate. The galleries are doing a collaborative exhibition, with the theme of ‘Maps’. Our first stop was ‘Beach Creative’ in Herne Bay, on the north Kent coast. Textile exhibition 2022ContinueContinue reading “East Kent gallery visits”