Dressed prints made by Sabine Winn in #MaterialLives #CSFashionHour

Musei di Carbonia @iliveumbria The Embroidery Podcast The Society for Embroidered Work (S.E.W.) Here are some photos of the embroiderers: Francesca Romana Innocenzi "by Thread and by Sense" and Anna Corti, our Councilor for culture. More photos will follow. Naturally, #canapa could not miss #museichehannostoffa

Fantastic art.

Falling Garden, 2003 by Swiss artist Gerda Steiner (and Jörg Lenzlinger) #WomensArt

Been thinking about the landscape costume of Elector Johann Geog I of Saxony. It was a Christmas gift from Johann's mother in 1611 and is now in Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. The ensemble is embroidered with views of Dresden and the river Elbe, complete with stone bridges and sea monsters

Today I've been researching and writing a little more about Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920), and her connection to Devon lace-makers. The Russian Grand Duchess became Duchess of Edinburgh on her marriage to Prince Alfred in 1874. Exeter's Charlotte Treadwin supplied her lace...

Jessie Newbery (1864-1948), Scottish artist and embroiderer who created the Department of Embroidery at the Glasgow School of Art where she established needlework as a form of unique artistic design #WomensArt

It's #ShoesdayTuesday and we've these exquisite shoes, decorated with beadwork, to share with you. Worn sometime around 1917, possibly as part of a wedding ensemble, they're labelled as having been made in Vienna, which had a long tradition of making high quality footwear.

Forever and always thinking about one of the craziest pieces of surviving 17th-century embroidery - an embroidered egg. An embroidered!! Egg!! From more than 350 years ago! Full of needle holes and chenille thread! Have you ever seen anything more insane because I really HAVE NOT

Delighted to have my article featured in the current issue of Selvedge Magazine! The article looks at the makers and menders of clothing, drawing attention to 'sustainable' acts of consuming.

#FridayFrocks - silk chiffon gown by Ossie Clark with Celia Birtwell print c.1974. Ossie was inspired by the V&A’s historic collections and worked closely with his wife, textile designer Celia Birtwell. #DressedForSummer #OssieClark #CeliaBirtwell #1970sFashion @JohnCha34906540

A 17th century sampler from Germany (Art Institute Chicago)

'Cape of Empowerment' by Louise Gardiner, contemporary British embroiderer #womensart #FridayFeeling

Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt

This #textileart exhibition will be amazing! #ShellyGoldsmith #DressesforGiants we've been waiting so long! 10–17 Sept ACS Margate, Unit 11-15 All Saints Industrial Estate CT9 5TJ See you there! WomensTextileHistory @Womens_Heritage Women of the Cloth The 62 Group @textile_study The Textile Society (UK)

We are thrilled to announce two brand new #events for September! Both to be hosted at the No.1 Royal Crescent Museum, these events promise a tantalizing glimpse and experience of Georgian life with all its finery, entertainment - and of course dancing! 💃 🧵

What a morning she has had. Was it one too many dull visits to Mama’s friends or a traipse around the milliner’s that lasted a little too long? Dragging her shawl behind her she looks ready to sink into a chair & curl up with a novel. #1820s ensemble #thekyotocostumeinstitute