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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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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.
Book Bundles
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Personal Resilience Bundle
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Art textiles Bundle
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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

The Updates
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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,...
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Have you seen the missing quilts?
In 1996 Lynn Setterington was in a joint exhibition with Jane Poulton in Cirencester. Four of Lynn’s works disappeared from the venue and have not been seen since. Nearly 30 years later,...
Have you seen the missing quilts?
In 1996 Lynn Setterington was in a joint exhibition with Jane Poulton in Cirencester. Four of Lynn’s works disappeared from the venue and have not been seen since. Nearly 30 years later,...
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A year of nature encounters and fashion systems...
Guess the month. During this month, fast-fashion giant Shein refused in Parliament to disclose facts about cotton in their supply chain, all the while fires in Kantamanto market destroyed 8,000 livelihoods...
A year of nature encounters and fashion systems...
Guess the month. During this month, fast-fashion giant Shein refused in Parliament to disclose facts about cotton in their supply chain, all the while fires in Kantamanto market destroyed 8,000 livelihoods...