Welcome
Welcome to the Sewing Matters website where we can share our stories of sewing. Like many people I have been sewing since I was a child but, through the years, I have become more and more interested in the reasons why we sew. Every textile has a story to tell whether home made, given as a gift, or inherited.
I am writing book called Threads of Life that explores the emotional, social and political significance of sewing. My background is In textiles: organising community textile projects, curating exhibitions, writing articles on sewing, researching why sewing matters to different communities and cultures. This website will let me share with you all I have discovered but it will also be where I can gather your own stories of sewing. Sewing Matters will become an archive of what are, all too often, neglected and unknown memoirs told through the potency of stitch. Please get involved.
I am writing book called Threads of Life that explores the emotional, social and political significance of sewing. My background is In textiles: organising community textile projects, curating exhibitions, writing articles on sewing, researching why sewing matters to different communities and cultures. This website will let me share with you all I have discovered but it will also be where I can gather your own stories of sewing. Sewing Matters will become an archive of what are, all too often, neglected and unknown memoirs told through the potency of stitch. Please get involved.