There’s something wonderfully subversive about adding such complex quilting patterns to a so-called ‘utilitarian’ quilt, the vernacular strippy. All patterns are extant.

I successfully defended my MRes dissertation today “Remember Me”. Domestic Textiles in Britain, 1790-1890: Memory, Identity and Emotion. Huge thanks to my examiners Prof Julie-Marie Strange, @luciejones83 and Jane Stevens Crawsha and my supervisors Prof Joanne Begiato She/Her and Dr Sally Holloway .

Register for our Storytelling: Intangible Inheritances Workshop, 20-21 June 2022: The event is a hybrid format of in-person at Oxford Brookes University and virtual attendance via Zoom. Details and a link to the programme and registration here: inheritingthefamily.org/events/

My paperback just arrived! It’s so beautiful 🥲

Etymology of the day: the ‘texts’ we write descend from the Latin ‘texere’, to ‘weave’, because we weave and thread our words just as we weave our cloth.

Thank you so much Karen Kay for including me in this article about mending ! #visiblemending #makedoandmend theguardian.com/fashion/2022/j…

Our speakers' family stories trace the impact on families and identities of diaspora, genocide, war, forced separation and emigration, exploitation, racism, repression, trauma, and patriarchal privilege. Family is the beating heart of history #history #twitterstorians

When I originally came up with the Community Spirit project, I planned to create a quilt with volunteers to celebrate their amazing work in keeping us all going during covid. Once I got started planning the project I thought it would actually be amazing if all the volunteer….

Why not take a look at our new blog post? We're talking about how to find 'pathways through the entanglements' of family history, using a photo album as our example! inheritingthefamily.org/debra-earls-fa…

Moving Pictures is back! Starts at 11.30am on BBC Radio 4 with Manet's masterpiece from The Courtauld: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère artsandculture.google.com/asset/a-bar-at…

We talk about the history of courtship, marriage, breach of promise, love letters, broken hearts, as well as how different animals deal with the loss of their partners ❤️💔

I'm delighted to have contributed to this short documentary about the making of MAD(E) by @collectortears and @Mandala_Theatre If you are interested in the making and expression of masculinity, please take a look.

Just putting away some quilts The Museum of English Rural Life. They were out for Deb McGuire last week and for a workshop led by Kate Powell at the weekend.

We've been working with @LilyRFord to produce four films about the emotions and meanings of inherited objects. They capture the power of inherited objects in creating personal, family, and national identities. They're ready for viewing NOW!! 1/6

You can see the four films on our website. We've worked with a range of people to capture their thoughts & feelings about their inherited objects. Collectively, the films show how important it is to think through the objects which make us who we are. 2/6 inheritingthefamily.org/films/

This is such a great opportunity for someone in our fantastic faculty!

Valentine's Day has always been about love, but in the 1700s , it used to be more focused on spreading love in your community! Learn more about the holiday's history with Dr Sally Holloway in our latest episode 💝 Image courtesy the Fitzwilliam Museum Archives (+ Jonathan Van Ness 💗)

Old quilts and family history at Birkbeck Cinema, 6pm on 21st April. A film screening and panel discussion about the power of family objects to carry stories. Do come along and join us.

Very excited to see that the Foundling Museum’s new online exhibition “Tokens of History” is now live - it includes virtual “rooms” on amulets, coins, fashion, textiles, empire, leisure, inc one by me on love tokens foundlingmuseum.org.uk/tokens-of-hist…

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