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Back to SearchStitching Among Friends: Early Quaker Needlework
Season 2 Episode 14
In this episode, Isabella discusses the subject of her PhD, Quaker women's needlework before 1800. She explores the stitching aesthetic of Quakers, …
5 years, 1 month ago
Jewish Fashion Making and Stitching in 20th-Century London: An Interview with Dr Bethan Bide and Dr Lucie Whitmore
Season 2 Episode 13
In this episode, Isabella interviews fashion historians Dr Bethan Bide and Dr Lucie Whitmore about 20th-century Jewish fashion makers in London. The …
5 years, 1 month ago
Quilting and Exhibiting Black Life: An Interview with Bisa Butler and Dr Erica Warren
Season 2 Episode 12
In this episode, Isabella interviews Bisa Butler, famous American fibre artist known for her vibrant quilts celebrating Black life, and Dr Erica Warr…
5 years, 2 months ago
Curating Needlework: An Interview with Amelia Peck and Melinda Watt
Season 2 Episode 11
In this episode, Isabella interviews Amelia Peck, curator of textiles and period rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and supervising curator of t…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Embroideries and Lace of the Wiener Werkstätte
Season 2 Episode 10
In this episode, Isabella discusses the embroideries and lace designs of Austria's Wiener Werkstätte, one of the longest-lived design movements of th…
5 years, 2 months ago
Early Medieval Embroidery: An Interview with Dr Alexandra Makin
Season 2 Episode 9
In this episode, Isabella interviews Dr Alexandra Makin, a textile archaeologist and professional embroiderer who researches and recreates early medi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Travelling and Unravelling Indian Embroidery Techniques
Season 2 Episode 8
In this episode, Isabella covers a variety of Indian embroidery techniques from across the subcontinent.
As always, images and sources are available a…
5 years, 3 months ago
May Morris and Arts and Crafts Embroidery: An Interview with Thomas Cooper
Season 2 Episode 7
In this episode, Isabella interviews Thomas Cooper, a PhD student who researches May Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. In the episode, the two…
5 years, 3 months ago
Embroidering Adversity in Charity and Orphan School Needlework
Season 2 Episode 6
In this episode, Isabella discusses samplers and other needleworked items stitched at eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English charity and orphan s…
5 years, 3 months ago
Navajo Weaving: An Interview with Dr Kathy M'Closkey
In this episode, Isabella interviews Dr Kathy M'Closkey, a scholar of Navajo weaving. The two discuss Navajo rug and blanket motifs, how economic and…
5 years, 3 months ago