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I can be found mostly stitching, or thinking about stitching!

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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
Just delivered ‘Inside Pages’ to @oldparcelsofficeartspace for the Open Exhibition next month. 
This piece raises awareness of the many conflicts in the world that don’t even make the inside pages of many newspapers. Thanks to @guar
Mary Whitehouse
Mary Whitehouse - Textile Artist
September Textile Love - Part 5
Oct 14

Oct 14 September Textile Love - Part 5

Mary Whitehouse
Inspired by others, Textiles practice
September Textile Love - part 4
Oct 6

Oct 6 September Textile Love - part 4

Mary Whitehouse
Bookbinding, Sustainability
September Textile Love - part 3
Sep 30

Sep 30 September Textile Love - part 3

Mary Whitehouse
Hand stitching, Patchwork & Quilting, Textiles practice

Continuing my reflections on my posts in the September Textile Love sequence

September Textile Love - part 2
Sep 14

Sep 14 September Textile Love - part 2

Mary Whitehouse
Patchwork & Quilting, Textiles practice
September textile love - part 1
Sep 12

Sep 12 September textile love - part 1

Mary Whitehouse
Patchwork & Quilting, Textiles practice

Taking part in the Instagram September Textile Love challenge has introduced me to many textile artists I had not come across before. Here I collect together my responses to the challenge first posted on IG

Where does the time go?
Aug 13

Aug 13 Where does the time go?

Mary Whitehouse
Patchwork & Quilting, Textiles practice, Bookbinding

Catching up with myself

Developing ideas about colour
Apr 9

Apr 9 Developing ideas about colour

Mary Whitehouse
Textiles practice
Black and White Sketchbook for Textiles
Mar 5

Mar 5 Black and White Sketchbook for Textiles

Mary Whitehouse
Textiles practice
A new beginning - with new learning
Oct 22

Oct 22 A new beginning - with new learning

Mary Whitehouse
Textiles practice

A beginning to my life as an art student.

Found objects
Sep 29

Sep 29 Found objects

Mary Whitehouse
Textiles practice
Zooming along
Sep 24

Sep 24 Zooming along

Mary Whitehouse
Online communities

We have found new ways of communicating and maintaining relationships this year.

Threads that bind
Aug 8

Aug 8 Threads that bind

Mary Whitehouse
Patchwork & Quilting, Hand stitching
Community stitching
Jun 9

Jun 9 Community stitching

Mary Whitehouse
Patchwork & Quilting

Community stitching helps me feel part of the stitching community in these strange times.

Masks and Scrubs
May 25

May 25 Masks and Scrubs

Mary Whitehouse
Online communities
Japan
May 2

May 2 Japan

Mary Whitehouse
Book reviews, Patchwork & Quilting, Hand stitching
Socks
Mar 9

Mar 9 Socks

Mary Whitehouse
Patchwork & Quilting
Free motion
Mar 3

Mar 3 Free motion

Mary Whitehouse
Embroidery
Signs of Spring - Helmsley to Rievaulx (and back)
Feb 27

Feb 27 Signs of Spring - Helmsley to Rievaulx (and back)

Mary Whitehouse
Walking
Journal Quilts 1
Feb 25

Feb 25 Journal Quilts 1

Mary Whitehouse
Hand stitching, Patchwork & Quilting

Journal quilts provide a great opportunity to try something new without having to make it big!

Instagram binds us together
Feb 24

Feb 24 Instagram binds us together

Mary Whitehouse
Hand stitching, Patchwork & Quilting

Instagram binds us together, enabling us to make connections beyond our local networks

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