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The beginning of a collection of 'Guerilla Coasters' that will be prompting people to join the Building Hope community @1mactsofhope
So how would you make the your community a more hopeful place? In 6 words or fewer?
#buildinghope
#millionActsofHope

It seems appropriate to begin posting my Building Hope 'coasters' as the One Million Acts of Hope campaign gets going. @1mactsofhope
Thanks to @bartonquilter for this suggestion.
So how would you make the your community a more hopeful place? In 6 wo

Second day #threadsfestival @sunnybankmills with work from our BA Textiles Practice course.
Many great conversations yesterday, including with @janicegunnertextiles , @cuttsandsons , @melanielovesquilts @sometimes_katy_quilts @scrappyquiltsbyfay
Co

This weekend is Threads Festival @sunnybankmills
Alongside an amazing Makers Market there will be an exhibition by @the62group
and also a taster exhibition of work by we BA textiles practice students ahead of our graduate show next month.
If you&r

Building Hope
There are many ways to make our communities more friendly. And thinking laterally and literally while in a queue, ‘one for me and one for you’ makes everyone feel a bit better about their fellow human beings.
So how would y

And this is how it all began, my activist stitching began with this very shouty quilt at Festival of Quilts 2023. Inspired by my #fdatextilespractice @bradfordtextiles .
This weekend it will be in the @whiterosequilters display at St Chad's Centenary

Building Hope
In these dark times we need to think of those in our community who are feeling threatened and unwanted.
Take time to give them a kind word, a smile, just to let them know they are a valued part of the community.
Please share your sugges

Building Hope
Crowd sourced suggestions for actions that can make our communities more welcoming to all, no matter what faith they hold or where they are from.
If you have a suggestion for building hope in 6 words or fewer, then please comment. Thank

It is a while since I posted about my work. I have been busy preparing for our final degree show, and other stuff that has filled my head.
MY main work is entitled 'Building Hope' and there seems to be a dearth of hope at the moment, I thought I'd sh

Lovely to be at the opening of the @oldparcelsofficeartspace Open yesterday.
And great to find other artists using text in their work, including @ellie_clewlow_studio and @k.drakeart
I’ve also included a photo of Ethel by @maryannstevensartis

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Jun 5

Jun 5 Building Hope

Mary Whitehouse

Activist textile art

The final work of my BA course is a disrupted mosaic patchwork signifying the discomfort felt by many in these difficult times.

Back to the beginning, signifying disruption in a quilt

Jan 14

Jan 14 Back to the beginning, signifying disruption in a quilt

Mary Whitehouse

Activist textile art, Patchwork & Quilting, Textile Art

The early steps in creating a work drawing on ideas from patchwork and quilting.