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Dr Jennie Batchelor: The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch-Off Aug 30, 2017

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Dr Jennie Batchelor: The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch-Off

Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Dr Jennie Batchelor, shares her research on the embroidery patterns created for The Lady's Magazine published in the 18th & 19th centuries. She chats with Susan Weeks about how her 18th century magazine research project at the University Of Kent sparked enthusiasm & creativity in 21st century embroiderers & textile artists as they joined in The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch Off.

Susan chats with Jennie about:

Embroidery patterns in the 18th century The Lady's Magazine
Waiting & waiting to actually see an embroidery pattern
How the patterns took off via social media
Generating global interest
What! NO instructions!
The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch-off
Embroidery exhibition at Chawton House
Did Jane Austin ever sew one of the Lady's Magazine embroidery patterns?
What was learnt about the embroidery patterns & the skills of the 18th century embroiderers
Creating a virtual community of stitchers

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of the patterns at http://www.stitcherystories.com/drjenniebatchelor

Visit: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/ladys-magazine/

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NjJnojRTuE

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladysmagproject/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladysmagproject

The Patterns: https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/ladys-magazine/patterns/index.html

Bridget Bernadette Karn: Artist Using Wool To Make Felt Pictures Aug 16, 2017

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Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast, Bridget Bernadette Karn Shares Her Life In Wool & Felt. She chats with Susan Weeks about discovering wet felting and creating a business based around that newly discovered love, leading to being selected for the Royal Academy Of Arts Summer Exhibition.

Susan chats with Bernadette about:

Discovering wet felting at her craft club
Seeing the potential to create a business
The power of video for generating interest, leads & customers
Building a lifestyle business
Valuing quality of life
The pressure to have a 'proper' job
Developing our creative skills
Pre-felt, dry felt, needle felt and adding the details
Gaining acceptance & understanding
Creating an online course

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Bridget's work at https://www.stitcherystories.com/bridgetbernadettekarn

Visit: https://www.bridgetbernadettekarn.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyGallerySPACE

Artist In Residence Boston Spa Arts Festival: http://www.bostonspaartsfestival.co.uk/

Tracy A Franklin: Specialist Freelance Embroiderer & Durham Cathedral Head Broderer Aug 02, 2017

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Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Tracy A Franklin Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread. She chats with Susan Weeks about the different facets of her professional hand embroidery career in particular her role as Head Broderer at Durham Cathedral and her busy tuition and teaching business.

Susan chats with Tracy about:

How she started her embroidery career
Her career at the Royal School of Needlework
Building her own embroidery tuition business
Having a studio in the centre of Historic Durham
Groups, friendships & long term courses
The importance of learning new ideas
Changes within the City & Guilds certifications

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Tracy's work at https://www.stitcherystories.com/traceyafranklin

Visit: http://www.tracyafranklin.com

Visit: http://www.stitchbusiness.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tracy.A.Franklin.Embroiderer.page/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tracy_franklin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyafranklin/

Durham Cathedral Cope project: http://www.durhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/14295922.Can_Cathedral_broderers_Cope_with_robe_challenge_/

Susie Martin: Mixed Media Artist Creating Textile Art Jul 21, 2017

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Mixed Media Artist Susie Martin Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread in this episode of the Stitchery Stories textile art podcast.

Susan Weeks chats with Susie about:

Dissolving Margins & Crumbling Cliffs
Learning skills by making clothes for Barbie dolls
Enjoying being an active member of The Embroiderer's Guild
Exploring variations in colour, stitch and threads
Burning and melting for surprising results
Helping curate a major exhibition
Being a member of Textilia3

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Susie's work at https://www.stitcherystories.com/susiemartin

Visit www.facebook.com/SusieStitchings

Email: susiestitchings@gmail.com

and to follow the antics of the Textilia3 group of textile artists http://www.textilia3.blogspot.co.uk

Jane White: Tuition In Couture Dressmaking & Pattern Cutting Jul 21, 2017

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Couture Dressmaking Tutor Jane White Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread in this episode of the Stitchery Stories podcast.

Jane shares stories and insight about her lifelong love of sewing and her determination to share that love and knowledge of couture dressmaking with her students.

Susan chats with Jane about:

Great Auntie Margaret's treadle Singer sewing machine,
inspiring sewing teachers,
inspiring designers,
finding lovely dressmaking fabrics,
the importance of toiles and fitting,
running workshops at The Great British Sewing Bee Live,
and having fun and making friends in the sewing classroom...

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Jane's & her students' work at http://www.stitcherystories.com/janewhite

Visit http://www.janewhitetuition.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneWhiteTuition/

Alison Larkin: Historical Hand Embroidery & Costume Historian Jul 19, 2017

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Alison Larkin Shares Her Life In Fabric & Thread on this episode of the Stitchery Stories embroidery podcast. Alison talks about developing her second career based around her love of traditional embroidery, historical costume, and 18th century waistcoats.

Susan Weeks chats with Alison about:

Making & wearing historical costume,
Captain Cook's Waistcoat,
travelling to Australia & New Zealand for waistcoat research,
working on a small scale,
double sided embroidery,
Alison's favourite techniques
and using embroidery to keep you from going crazy at work!
Oh and of course, how sociable it is being a member of a group such as The Embroiderer's Guild. :-)

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Alison's work at https://www.stitcherystories.com/alisonlarkin

Visit http://alisonlarkinembroidery.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Alisonlarkinembroidery/

and to follow the antics of the Hull & East Riding branch of The Embroiderer's Guild check out our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/HERByEmbroidery/

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