Looking forward to seeing what courses you will offer ☺️ I’ll be starting my masters in September with a focus on textile traditions and heritage from Gujarat/Sindh.. but I’ll be doing further self-study up until then.
MA History of Design & Material Culture. Something I’ve been dreaming about for years, finally found the right time between balancing my business and a young child 🙏
Amazing! Congratulations! I also waited to go back for my masters after my kids were in school. I am glad I waited, though, I had a much clearer direction and it was easier to study hard about something I already loved.
Please keep us updated on your projects! I’d love to hear more about your research.
I own “Women’s Work” and have rifled through for a paper I was writing but now very much look forward to reading it. I loved Victoria Finlay’s “Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World.” She has a new book due out this year but I’m unsure of the subject matter.
I’m thrilled to have discovered your Substack and look forward to following along and learning. Cheers!
I have a couple in my collection and some in my wishlist- I’ll make it a point to read them this year! My first job was at a quilting store in high school. They influenced me early 😂
Two books on quilting I loved this year were Routed West - Twentieth Century African American Quilts in California and Salt & Spirit by Shabreon Plummer. And coming out any minute is Commemorative American Quilts Stitching Our Heritage from 1876 to Today by Sandra Sider
Small world! I know Shabreon. She wrote the article about me for Quiltfolk magazine and the summary of the Civil Rights Movement for the Atlanta Quilt Festival book “Good Trouble Quilts - The Fight. The Progress. The Legacy”. I have her book “Salt and Spirit”. I plan to buy “Routed West.” Wish I could have seen the exhibit in person. I will keep an eye out for the Sandra Sider book. Thanks!
I remember reading Women's Work and learning about the knotted string skirt as a marker of fertility. And then finding a contemporary girl's dress at TJMAXX--with a knotted string skirt. Size 6, i think.
A very Happy New Year to you! I'm delighted its been such a wonderful first year for this page and all that you do, I have enjoyed it a great deal. Amazingly I managed to restrict myself to just two books on your list - and I found them second hand. Interestingly I shared a list of Haptic & Hue's 12 best textile books published in 2025 in early December and it was very different from yours! Not sure I'm allowed to upload an image in response, but happy to share the list if appropriate. All the best Jo
Looking forward to seeing what courses you will offer ☺️ I’ll be starting my masters in September with a focus on textile traditions and heritage from Gujarat/Sindh.. but I’ll be doing further self-study up until then.
Ooohhh!! What field?
MA History of Design & Material Culture. Something I’ve been dreaming about for years, finally found the right time between balancing my business and a young child 🙏
Amazing! Congratulations! I also waited to go back for my masters after my kids were in school. I am glad I waited, though, I had a much clearer direction and it was easier to study hard about something I already loved.
Please keep us updated on your projects! I’d love to hear more about your research.
I own “Women’s Work” and have rifled through for a paper I was writing but now very much look forward to reading it. I loved Victoria Finlay’s “Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World.” She has a new book due out this year but I’m unsure of the subject matter.
I’m thrilled to have discovered your Substack and look forward to following along and learning. Cheers!
I’m so glad! I hope you enjoy Women’s Work!
That’s a great booklist. A few I’ve read so I can feel slightly smug and lots to add to this year’s list. Thanks!
Happy new year! I love your posts and look forward to learning more from you this year!
Thank you for sharing the reading suggestions! I’ll check out several of these titles.
Love reading the depth and connections you include in your work. Thank you for your time and energy in sharing with us!
Any books about quilts I should be reading?
I have a couple in my collection and some in my wishlist- I’ll make it a point to read them this year! My first job was at a quilting store in high school. They influenced me early 😂
Two books on quilting I loved this year were Routed West - Twentieth Century African American Quilts in California and Salt & Spirit by Shabreon Plummer. And coming out any minute is Commemorative American Quilts Stitching Our Heritage from 1876 to Today by Sandra Sider
Small world! I know Shabreon. She wrote the article about me for Quiltfolk magazine and the summary of the Civil Rights Movement for the Atlanta Quilt Festival book “Good Trouble Quilts - The Fight. The Progress. The Legacy”. I have her book “Salt and Spirit”. I plan to buy “Routed West.” Wish I could have seen the exhibit in person. I will keep an eye out for the Sandra Sider book. Thanks!
Deeply wishing I could have seen Routed West too
Elizabeth Wayland Barber is my true North, and you just handed me a new title!
She’s my hero!
I remember reading Women's Work and learning about the knotted string skirt as a marker of fertility. And then finding a contemporary girl's dress at TJMAXX--with a knotted string skirt. Size 6, i think.
A very Happy New Year to you! I'm delighted its been such a wonderful first year for this page and all that you do, I have enjoyed it a great deal. Amazingly I managed to restrict myself to just two books on your list - and I found them second hand. Interestingly I shared a list of Haptic & Hue's 12 best textile books published in 2025 in early December and it was very different from yours! Not sure I'm allowed to upload an image in response, but happy to share the list if appropriate. All the best Jo