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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,...
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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...
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Connecting Threads
Connecting Threads: Tactile social history brings together twelve textile projects completed between 1981 and 2024. Each one acts as a social history document, providing tactile evidence of often untold stories of...
Connecting Threads
Connecting Threads: Tactile social history brings together twelve textile projects completed between 1981 and 2024. Each one acts as a social history document, providing tactile evidence of often untold stories of...
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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...
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...
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Darned Brooches
Since Hikaru’s Instagram live event I’ve been trying to make my own macaron brooch inspired by the ones in her latest book, Beyond Darning: Creative mending techniques. There are several...
Darned Brooches
Since Hikaru’s Instagram live event I’ve been trying to make my own macaron brooch inspired by the ones in her latest book, Beyond Darning: Creative mending techniques. There are several...
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It’s official, craft is good for you!
New research by Dr Helen Keyes of Anglia Ruskin University this week shows the benefits of making for your health...
It’s official, craft is good for you!
New research by Dr Helen Keyes of Anglia Ruskin University this week shows the benefits of making for your health...
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Review For Rags
Rag Manifesto offers an introduction and a call to arms for rethinking the way we view and use textiles, particularly textile waste. It encourages us to see rag as a...
Review For Rags
Rag Manifesto offers an introduction and a call to arms for rethinking the way we view and use textiles, particularly textile waste. It encourages us to see rag as a...
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We’ve been shortlisted
Intelligent Hands: Why making is a skill for life has been shortlisted for an award for indie publishers by Book Brunch. The announcement will be at the London Book Fair...
We’ve been shortlisted
Intelligent Hands: Why making is a skill for life has been shortlisted for an award for indie publishers by Book Brunch. The announcement will be at the London Book Fair...
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Events coming up
It’s always good to have something to look forward to and there are lots of lovely events happening this spring connected with Intelligent Hands: Why making is a skill for...
Events coming up
It’s always good to have something to look forward to and there are lots of lovely events happening this spring connected with Intelligent Hands: Why making is a skill for...
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Book reviews make a difference
So often I read a book because it has been recommended to me by a friend.
Book reviews make a difference
So often I read a book because it has been recommended to me by a friend.
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Reading Around Craft
Did you know that you can buy our books on Bookshop.org, a marvellous innovation over the last couple of years...
Reading Around Craft
Did you know that you can buy our books on Bookshop.org, a marvellous innovation over the last couple of years...
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Intelligent Hands | Why making is a skill for life
Making is good for us. Using our hands benefits our cognitive development, improves our mental agility and can have a positive impact on our mental health, too. We know this, intuitively and...
Intelligent Hands | Why making is a skill for life
Making is good for us. Using our hands benefits our cognitive development, improves our mental agility and can have a positive impact on our mental health, too. We know this, intuitively and...
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Look inside our books
Quickthorn has been going for just over one year and come the launch of Intelligent Hands this week...
Look inside our books
Quickthorn has been going for just over one year and come the launch of Intelligent Hands this week...
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New book: Intelligent Hands
Quickthorn are pleased to announce a new book for this autumn, Intelligent Hands: Why making is a skill for life.
New book: Intelligent Hands
Quickthorn are pleased to announce a new book for this autumn, Intelligent Hands: Why making is a skill for life.
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Flexible resilience
Some flexible resilience is something we could all do with right now. Being able to recognise our habits and make conscious choices from a place of quietness is a skill....
Flexible resilience
Some flexible resilience is something we could all do with right now. Being able to recognise our habits and make conscious choices from a place of quietness is a skill....
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Grief + Memory
The deeply personal stories in When Words are Not Enough are moving and restorative. They tell tales of grief and memory written by those that have survived. The upcoming mini...
Grief + Memory
The deeply personal stories in When Words are Not Enough are moving and restorative. They tell tales of grief and memory written by those that have survived. The upcoming mini...
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Tuning into your breath
Juno is one of our favourite magazines that supports a natural approach to family life. Assistant editor, Alice Ellerby, reflects on the need to tune into your breath and gives Finding Quiet...
Tuning into your breath
Juno is one of our favourite magazines that supports a natural approach to family life. Assistant editor, Alice Ellerby, reflects on the need to tune into your breath and gives Finding Quiet...
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On Mending: a new book by artist Celia Pym
The artist Celia Pym lives explores damage and repair in textiles. Working with garments that belong to individuals as well as items in museum archives, she is exposed to stories...
On Mending: a new book by artist Celia Pym
The artist Celia Pym lives explores damage and repair in textiles. Working with garments that belong to individuals as well as items in museum archives, she is exposed to stories...
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When words are not enough
Everyone grieves for someone at some point in their lives. But how do we deal with the silence that often surrounds grief? How do we find ways to express painful feelings...
When words are not enough
Everyone grieves for someone at some point in their lives. But how do we deal with the silence that often surrounds grief? How do we find ways to express painful feelings...
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Your personal life-survival kit
The launch of the latest title from Prof. Judith Kleinman was at independent bookshop Ink84 in Islington. Attended by more people than we were expecting, we completely sold out of...
Your personal life-survival kit
The launch of the latest title from Prof. Judith Kleinman was at independent bookshop Ink84 in Islington. Attended by more people than we were expecting, we completely sold out of...
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Make your own toothpaste
Toothpaste tubes are made with up to seven layers of different plastics, plus aluminium and even where they can be recycled the process consumes high amounts of energy.
Make your own toothpaste
Toothpaste tubes are made with up to seven layers of different plastics, plus aluminium and even where they can be recycled the process consumes high amounts of energy.
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Small steps, big impact
It seems obvious to that the climate emergency needs immediate, large scale action that will affect our way of life, one way or the other.
Small steps, big impact
It seems obvious to that the climate emergency needs immediate, large scale action that will affect our way of life, one way or the other.
Events
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Book events coming up
We've had a busy few weeks with some great book events. It's been so good to make contact with real people...
Book events coming up
We've had a busy few weeks with some great book events. It's been so good to make contact with real people...
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What's coming up?
The Textiles of Mankind exhibition has opened at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, close to London Bridge Station...
What's coming up?
The Textiles of Mankind exhibition has opened at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, close to London Bridge Station...
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Beyond darning
This Friday, 2 August, we’ll be at Loop in Islington’s Camden Passage, London, at 6.30pm to chat with the author, Hikaru Noguchi, about her fascinating darning journey on a rare...
Beyond darning
This Friday, 2 August, we’ll be at Loop in Islington’s Camden Passage, London, at 6.30pm to chat with the author, Hikaru Noguchi, about her fascinating darning journey on a rare...
