The Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery exhibition is on at the Victoria & Albert Museum until Sunday 5th February 2017. It features a unique collection of embroideries from the 12th to 15th century, work that was carried out in London and made it’s way around the world. Just…
Pinning The Past – Victoria & Albert Museum Indian Gallery
The Victoria & Albert Museum is world-renowned for its textiles and fashion collections, and rightly so, as they take care of thousands of truly spectacular pieces both in the museum and in the conservation centre & collection store which you can visit. I worked at the V&A for three years, up…
Pinning The Past – Ruth Singer
When change takes place, we sometimes have to lose things, and we’re sorry to say this is the last Pinning The Past column for now. We’ve been honoured to have the fantastic Ruth Singer write for Mr X Stitch for a couple of years and the learning and information she’s…