Aug 30, 2017
Dr Jennie Batchelor: The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch-Off
Today on the Stitchery Stories podcast, Dr Jennie Batchelor, shares her research on the embroidery patterns created for The Lady's Magazine published in the 18th & 19th centuries. She chats with Susan Weeks about how her 18th century magazine research project at the University Of Kent sparked enthusiasm & creativity in 21st century embroiderers & textile artists as they joined in The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch Off.
Susan chats with Jennie about:
- Embroidery patterns in the 18th century The Lady's Magazine
- Waiting & waiting to actually see an embroidery pattern
- How the patterns took off via social media
- Generating global interest
- What! NO instructions!
- The Great Lady's Magazine Stitch-off
- Embroidery exhibition at Chawton House
- Did Jane Austin ever sew one of the Lady's Magazine embroidery patterns?
- What was learnt about the embroidery patterns & the skills of the 18th century embroiderers
- Creating a virtual community of stitchers
For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of the patterns at http://www.stitcherystories.com/drjenniebatchelor
Visit: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/ladys-magazine/
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NjJnojRTuE
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladysmagproject/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladysmagproject
The Patterns: https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/ladys-magazine/patterns/index.html
