Textiles in the ‘Things of the Least’ exhibition

Last week, I went to a wonderful exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, entitled ‘Things of the Least’. Title of the exhibition currently showing at Manchester Art Gallery, photo by Amanda Jane Ogden The story behind the exhibition is most intriguing. The inspiration for it came from the Mary Greg Collection which is held at PlattContinueContinue reading “Textiles in the ‘Things of the Least’ exhibition”

A small treasure trove

I thoroughly enjoy shopping in charity shops. It’s the lure of the chase. You never do quite know what you will find. I’m always on the look-out for haberdashery, although I’ve learnt the hard way that thread which is ‘antique’ and looks beautiful may have become too weak to use. But many of my buttons,ContinueContinue reading “A small treasure trove”