Textile Historian🪡 Curator and lecturer @royalneedlework | BBC/AHRC New Gen Thinker 2023 | host @sewwhatpodcast | she/her, views own
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The news is out! I'm thrilled to share that I rediscovered eight 17th-century paper objects made by schoolgirls when @SuttonHouseNT was one of Hackney's many female academies. These paper cuts are an extremely rare example of an art form written about by Hannah Woolley (1/2)
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Last @sewwhatpodcast episode of 2025 is out today and it’s a good one! Check it out to hear all about textile conservation, Marie Antoinette Style at the @V_and_A, and the joys of knitting!
The last Sew What? episode of the year is out today and it’s an interview with Hannah Sutherland, Senior Textile Conservator at the @V_and_A! As always, listen on your fave podcast app or here: sewwhatpodcast.buzzsprout.co…. Here’s Hannah now and 7 year old Hannah knitting
I’m thrilled to be giving this year’s Kelmscott Lecture, the annual lecture hosted by the William Morris Society. I’m excited to be dipping my toe into the world of the Arts and Crafts movement. Join us in person or online! Tickets are here: williammorrissociety.org/eve…
There’s finally a new episode of @sewwhatpodcast out today and it’s all about the history of punch needle! Check it out here: buzzsprout.com/1075825/episo…
Surprise! See What? is back after six months of silence! Our new episode is an interview with artist and educator Micah Clasper-Torch about the history of punch needle. Check it out here: buzzsprout.com/1075825/episo…. Here’s a thread of photos and links:
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Ooh look đź‘€@IsabellaRosner this came up in my Fb feed for the #WilliamMorris society! Looking forward to it.
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Popping in to say I’m writing a book! And @StMartinsPress and @BloomsburyBooks are publishing it! I’m very excited! Extra big thanks to Emma Bal at @MMLitAgency!
Best thing ever from the @V_and_A stores today: on the front of Margret Mason’s 1660 sampler are clothed “boxer” figures (little men holding gifts, acorns here). Turn the sampler over and the men look much the same but are completely naked!
Last year I IDed a third c. 1650-75 embroidered cabinet made at the Perwich school, one of 17th-c. Hackney's major girls' schools. This example is owned by Doncaster Heritage. The others are in LACMA & the Fitzwilliam. My article about the find is in this issue of Hackney History
Bookings are now open for the @RoyalNeedlework's first ever conference, “Stitched Together: Needlework Research and Making”! Join us at Hampton Court Palace on 21-22 August, either in person or virtually. Find the conference schedule and tickets here: bit.ly/3FUc4kB
Briefly back on this app to say I cannot wait to speak with my friend @ericanela about Quakerism’s surprising early years! Expect everything from radicalism to Quakers getting naked (!) from Erica, and some shockingly decorative needlework from me!
"Truly Unexpected Quaker History"
Talk by Dr Erica Canela & Dr Isabella Rosner, Sunday 6 July, 13.00-14.00
One of 7 talks across the festival weekend
Book your tickets now: buytickets.at/thestuarthisto…
@ericanela @17thCenturyLady @1642Author @IsabellaRosner @penswordbooks
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🎉 We’re delighted to unveil the speakers for the inaugural Stuart History Festival.
It’s going to be a celebration of (what we believe is) the most dramatic, dazzling, and divisive period in British history!
đź“… 5-6 July, The Old Palace, Worcester ....
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Popping in briefly to say I got married yesterday and had the best day of my life and because of who I am I wore an entirely hand embroidered dress. The dress is Alice Temperley and the embroidery is the work of wonderfully skilled artisans in India
There's a new episode of @sewwhatpodcast out today and it's all about one of my favourite embroiderers of all time, Lorina Bulwer. Give it a listen here: buzzsprout.com/1075825/episo…
There's a new episode of Sew What? and it's an interview with Ruth Battersby, Senior Curator of Costume and Textiles at Norfolk Museums Service, about the powerful, angry, and subversive embroidery of Lorina Bulwer. Listen on your fave podcast app or here: buzzsprout.com/1075825/episo…
There’s a delightful new sampler exhibition up at the Quaker Tapestry Museum, called “Sampled Styles.” Would definitely recommend checking it out if you’re in or near Kendal anytime soon! Was great to visit the exhibition today and to give a little talk about samplers
I got to interview the daughter of Major A.T. Casdagli for @sewwhatpodcast and it was a dream come true! I LOVE the subversive stitching of Casdagli, so what an honour it was to talk about his work with Alexis Penny. Check out our interview here: buzzsprout.com/1075825/episo…
There's a new episode out today and it's my dream interview! It's a chat with Alexis Penny Casdagli, daughter of Major A.T. Casdagli, famous for his F*CK HITLER sampler. Check out the interview on your fave podcast app or here: buzzsprout.com/1075825/episo…
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On 27 March I'll be giving a talk at @HackneyMuseum about needlework and other art made by girls at Hackney's female academies in the 17th century. I'll be talking about everything from Susanna Perwich's cabinet at @LACMA to my @SuttonHouseNT rediscovery. I hope to see you there!
Major A.T. Casdagli’s embroideries made during his time in four German POW camps in WWII are some of my favourite pieces of needlework from the 20th century. Now his entire wartime diary is available online as a free pdf. Check out my post about it here: instagram.com/p/DHVvcfRsWQ4/…
On 27 March I'll be giving a talk at @HackneyMuseum about needlework and other art made by girls at Hackney's female academies in the 17th century. I'll be talking about everything from Susanna Perwich's cabinet at @LACMA to my @SuttonHouseNT rediscovery. I hope to see you there!