Deb McGuire @plainstitchdeb

Emotional Quilts. PhD @oxfordbrookes ‘The British Quilt in Space & Time’. Strategic Advisor @QuiltersGuild Collection. Mostly on IG and Threads @plainstitchdeb plainstitch.co.uk Bucks, UK Joined April 2013

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Deb McGuire @plainstitchdeb

2 years ago

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Dr Sally Holloway @sally_holloway

2 years ago

Very excited to see that the @FoundlingMuseum’s new online exhibition “Tokens of History” is now live - it includes virtual “rooms” on amulets, coins, fashion, textiles, empire, leisure, inc one by me on love tokens foundlingmuseum.org.uk/tokens-of-hist…

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Deb McGuire @plainstitchdeb

3 years ago

Old quilts and family history at Birkbeck Cinema, 6pm on 21st April. A film screening and panel discussion about the power of family objects to carry stories. Do come along and join us.

@InheritingtheFamily @InheritingFam

3 years ago

Old quilts and family history at Birkbeck Cinema, 6pm on 21st April. A film screening and panel discussion about the power of family objects to carry stories. Do come along and join us.

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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness @betterwithjvn

3 years ago

Valentine's Day has always been about love, but in the 1700s , it used to be more focused on spreading love in your community! Learn more about the holiday's history with @sally_holloway in our latest episode 💝 Image courtesy the Fitzwilliam Museum Archives (+ @jvn 💗)

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Deb McGuire @plainstitchdeb

3 years ago

This is such a great opportunity for someone in our fantastic faculty!

Dr Sally Holloway @sally_holloway

3 years ago

This is such a great opportunity for someone in our fantastic faculty!

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@InheritingtheFamily @InheritingFam

3 years ago

You can see the four films on our website. We've worked with a range of people to capture their thoughts & feelings about their inherited objects. Collectively, the films show how important it is to think through the objects which make us who we are. 2/6 inheritingthefamily.org/films/

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@InheritingtheFamily @InheritingFam

3 years ago

We've been working with @LilyRFord to produce four films about the emotions and meanings of inherited objects. They capture the power of inherited objects in creating personal, family, and national identities. They're ready for viewing NOW!! 1/6

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Dr Ollie Douglas @OllieDouglas

3 years ago

Just putting away some quilts @TheMERL. They were out for @plainstitchdeb last week and for a workshop led by @kate_powell__ at the weekend.

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Prof Joanne Begiato She/Her @JBHist

3 years ago

I'm delighted to have contributed to this short documentary about the making of MAD(E) by @collectortears and @Mandala_Theatre If you are interested in the making and expression of masculinity, please take a look.

Think Human @ThinkHumanFest

3 years ago

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Dr Sally Holloway @sally_holloway

3 years ago

We talk about the history of courtship, marriage, breach of promise, love letters, broken hearts, as well as how different animals deal with the loss of their partners ❤️💔

Dr Sally Holloway @sally_holloway

3 years ago

We talk about the history of courtship, marriage, breach of promise, love letters, broken hearts, as well as how different animals deal with the loss of their partners ❤️💔

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Cathy FitzGerald @cathyfitzg

3 years ago

Moving Pictures is back! Starts at 11.30am on @BBCRadio4 with Manet's masterpiece from @TheCourtauld: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère artsandculture.google.com/asset/a-bar-at…

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@InheritingtheFamily @InheritingFam

3 years ago

Why not take a look at our new blog post? We're talking about how to find 'pathways through the entanglements' of family history, using a photo album as our example! inheritingthefamily.org/debra-earls-fa…

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Ruth Singer @RuthSinger

3 years ago

When I originally came up with the Community Spirit project, I planned to create a quilt with volunteers to celebrate their amazing work in keeping us all going during covid. Once I got started planning the project I thought it would actually be amazing if all the volunteer….

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Collingwood-Norris @collingwoodnorr

3 years ago

Thank you so much @kkwordsmith for including me in this article about mending ! #visiblemending #makedoandmend theguardian.com/fashion/2022/j…

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Prof Joanne Begiato She/Her @JBHist

3 years ago

Our speakers' family stories trace the impact on families and identities of diaspora, genocide, war, forced separation and emigration, exploitation, racism, repression, trauma, and patriarchal privilege. Family is the beating heart of history #history #twitterstorians

@InheritingtheFamily @InheritingFam

3 years ago

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Susie Dent @susie_dent

3 years ago

Etymology of the day: the ‘texts’ we write descend from the Latin ‘texere’, to ‘weave’, because we weave and thread our words just as we weave our cloth.

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Dr Sally Holloway @sally_holloway

3 years ago

My paperback just arrived! It’s so beautiful 🥲

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@InheritingtheFamily @InheritingFam

3 years ago

Register for our Storytelling: Intangible Inheritances Workshop, 20-21 June 2022: The event is a hybrid format of in-person at Oxford Brookes University and virtual attendance via Zoom. Details and a link to the programme and registration here: inheritingthefamily.org/events/

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Deb McGuire @plainstitchdeb

3 years ago

I successfully defended my MRes dissertation today “Remember Me”. Domestic Textiles in Britain, 1790-1890: Memory, Identity and Emotion. Huge thanks to my examiners Prof Julie-Marie Strange, @luciejones83 and @JLSCHist and my supervisors @JBHist and @sally_holloway .

Dr Sally Holloway @sally_holloway

3 years ago

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Deb McGuire @plainstitchdeb

4 years ago

There’s something wonderfully subversive about adding such complex quilting patterns to a so-called ‘utilitarian’ quilt, the vernacular strippy. All patterns are extant.