‘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”

No-waste quilting: using fabric and wadding scraps

Late summer is a good time to do some sorting and tidying in the studio. Ready for a fresh start in September, perhaps, since that always feels like the start of the year to me. I went through every box of fabric (my fabrics are sorted by colour and the pieces are usually a fatContinueContinue reading “No-waste quilting: using fabric and wadding scraps”