No matter how sweet the sentiment of antique samplers, they do have a dark and limiting history for the girls that stitched them even in era of the Industrial Revolution when most were forced into cities to work the factories, some were able to gain new status and wealth but most girl's lives whether rich or poor were still controlled by others. 

Episode 4 of my series on why women stitch is a reminder that some of us have a heritage of needing to stitch and some have a heritage of stitching for pleasure.

In this podcast on pondering women's place in Art, Literature and Culture we finally return for the third episode of the "History of Women Stitching and talk about how we do our laundry and have done it has a lot to do with privilege.

A ponder, or maybe a rant on the difference between Art and Craft, cuz there is a difference no matter how much some “Say it ain’t so…”

In our second podcast on pondering women's place in Art, Literature and Culture we focus on Trade- what makes the world go round, what made new worlds discovered and conquered and yes- the desire for thread and fabric often led the way.

In our first podcast on pondering women's place in Art, Literature and Culture we go back to the beginning of time and discover the invention of thread and discuss the great responsibility we bore to spin it... along with everything else we were responsible for in keeping a tidy prehistoric home.

Repost of Mason Currey’s book on daily rituals of artist and writers…mostly male artists and writers

Can’t ignore the fact Art has always been connected to those considered somewhat “off”, what’s up with that?

From April 17th, 2o21

What do we do when we are stuck and the winds do no blow, remember this has happened before and wait for our sails to move…

From April 2020

This is not the first time in our history that we as a nation have been isolated, we just probably need to go back to our grandparents to remember what is was like…

From March 2020

In times like these, we can learn from those who came before us… like Burly Sailors who did arts and crafts.