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The Reading List
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New Release
The Red Dress: Conversations In Stitch
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Rag Manifesto
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Beyond Darning
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Connecting Threads
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Finding Quiet Strength
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Fletcher’s Almanac
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Intelligent Hands
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On Mending
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Small Steps to Less Waste
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When Words Are Not Enough
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Darning Socks: Innovative repair techniques
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Earth, Fire, Iron: Alan Evans and the New Iron Age
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new release
The Red Dress
Quickthorn is excited to support Kirstie Macleod in creating a legacy for her project The Red Dress. This project offers a platform for people, mostly women, who are vulnerable and live in poverty to share their stories through embroidery.
The Red Dress is coming to Stroud for Stroud Book Festival this autumn. We’re expecting a lot of interest, so to accommodate everyone there are various options.
Darning Kit
Repairing things keeps them out of landfill and in use, which is fabulous for sustainability. Here's the kit you need to get your mending off to a good start, or to gift with a book.
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Vintage darning mushrooms
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Darning kit
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The Updates
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Text + Textiles
Text and Textiles is a unique event on 26 September celebrating the powerful relationship between the written word and the world of cloth. I’ll be talking about the publishing process...
Text + Textiles
Text and Textiles is a unique event on 26 September celebrating the powerful relationship between the written word and the world of cloth. I’ll be talking about the publishing process...
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Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption
This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...
Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption
This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...
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The Red Dress
The Red Dress is a global project featuring work from 51 countries... They are communicating with each other, and us, using the language of stitch.
The Red Dress
The Red Dress is a global project featuring work from 51 countries... They are communicating with each other, and us, using the language of stitch.
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Katy and Quickthorn
Katy’s vision for Quickthorn is rooted in her lifelong passion for sustainability, accessibility, and the deep sense of wellbeing and resilience that comes from making and mending.
Katy and Quickthorn
Katy’s vision for Quickthorn is rooted in her lifelong passion for sustainability, accessibility, and the deep sense of wellbeing and resilience that comes from making and mending.
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Socially engaged textiles
There’s been some great coverage of the missing quilts saga with the BBC both online and on BBC Radio Gloucester. This is a fascinating talk by author of Connecting Threads,...
Socially engaged textiles
There’s been some great coverage of the missing quilts saga with the BBC both online and on BBC Radio Gloucester. This is a fascinating talk by author of Connecting Threads,...
The Authors
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Celia Pym
Learn MoreThe artist Celia Pym has been exploring damage and repair in textiles since 2007.
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Kirstie Macleod
Learn MoreKirstie Macleod is an artist exploring issues of identity and the originator of The Red Dress.
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Kate Fletcher
Learn MoreKate Fletcher is a thought leader in Design and Sustainability specialising in fashion and textiles
Let customers speak for us
from 21 reviewsLovely book, beautifully made
Love this book wanted in hardcover and will continue to check. Its a keepsake! Amazing story about this dress and the women who helped create it!
Wonderful pictures. Great content.
An incredible accounting of a heartfelt and deeply impactful endeavor. I was captivated by the brilliance and evolution of the project, as well as the bridges being built by making space for women to come together and tell their stories. The journey is wonderful to witness and the power of what Kirstie and all who joined her have created will stay with me forever.
I really enjoyed reading the book!
Very inspiring initiative and impressive result!
It's divine work from around the world with all the hands, the vibrations, the energy and the attention put on a single dress. It makes it a witness of an era... A legacy... A piece of history in stitches...
My dear friend did a similarly initiative for me, on a much smaller scale, when I was at the hospital. She created a quilt, with women in the communities around the Island where I live on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
It's magical work to come together to create, to sew and stitch. The result can only be divine!
Amazing and humbling work with the Red dress.
It's a wonderful story and I love seeing all the places the dress has been
Amazing project. I hope the dress will tour in the U>S>
What a beautiful book. Thank you.
what an incredible and impactful project!. The original vision, the lengthy and successful execution across the globe, the positive impact it has had on so many women living in challenging circumstances, and also on so many people who have viewed the Dress......... is just astounding.
The book captures this all so well in both images and text. Well done all of you
I'm delighted! The book is just beautiful. It will be a lovely treat to dip in and out over time. A real feel good book.
I must also commend the exception service, Quickthorn resolved a difficulty with kindness and professionalism. Thank you to all concerned.
This book is a wonderful testimony to an amazing accomplishment. The creation of the red dress and how Kristi’s integrity and commitment to what it stands for is beautifully documented in this book. It affirms her commitment to women ( mostly) artisans all over the world and the power that they have in their extraordinary stitching and bonding through the red dress itself. I found it hopeful, touching and beautiful
Fascinating read and wonderful inclusive feel.
A beautiful book and inspiring story. The photos are wonderful.
Wonderful. I’ve been fortunate to see the Red Dress in Vermont and have listened to several online presentations by the artist. It’s a wonderful project that featured embroiderers from various cultures and countries. Thank you.