#56: Making Meaning with Heidi Strobel

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   S6 · E61 · 22 Apr 2026 · 53 min

   #61: Accomplishments and Imagined Mementoes

   This week's episode is about the new body of work I made for Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Lift exhibition . Alongside researching, curating and writing the first exhibition of Mary Linwood's work in 75 year, I also created seven new artworks reflecting elements of Mary Linwood's life and legacy. These pieces fill in gaps in Mary Linwood's story, explore themes I find fascinating and allow me to express my own thoughts and feelings about Linwood's work and life. Sign up for my course Embroidered Herstories: Rediscovering Mary Linwood Buy the exhibition catalogue, Lost Threads, Mary Linwood's…

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   S6 · E60 · 8 Apr 2026 · 32 min

   #60: Reflections on Mary Linwood

   Making Meaning is back with a new series. It's almost five years since I started making this podcast and this is series 6. In this episode I'm solo, talking about what I've learned from the Mary Linwood Rediscovered project, from studying Mary Linwood and from sharing her story with the world. Sign up for my course Embroidered Herstories: Rediscovering Mary Linwood Buy the exhibition catalogue, Lost Threads, Mary Linwood's Legacy Find out more about my Maker Membership Join Ruth's email list Visit Ruth's website

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   S5 · E59 · 9 Nov 2025 · 37 min

   #59: Making Meaning with Rachel Whitworth

   In this episode I'm talking to Rachel Whitworth, the curator of Fashion and Textiles at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. Find out about the Mary Linwood project and events programme Find out more about the Stitch Weekend , 22nd - 23rd Nov, Leicester Guildhall Find out more about my Maker Membership Join Ruth's email list Visit Ruth's website

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   S5 · E58 · 11 Oct 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

   #58: Making Meaning with Emily Jo Gibbs

   I'm so pleased to share this conversation with Emily Jo Gibbs, a fantastic textile maker who I have admired for many years. It won't surprise you that I love Emily's work and we had a really interesting, broad-ranging conversation about the why behind the work. Emily's website and online course Find out about the Mary Linwood project and events programme Find out more about the Stitch Weekend , 22nd - 23rd Nov, Leicester Guildhall Find out more about my Maker Membership Join Ruth's email list Visit Ruth's website

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   S5 · E57 · 27 Sep 2025 · 57 min

   #57: Making Meaning with Jayne Emerson

   In this episode I'm talking to the brilliant creative textile designer Jayne Emerson, known to many of you as the creator of the No Rules Textile Society - a membership group full of inspiration and creative play. Jayne is also a textile designer for fashion and interiors, she's written six craft books and creates courses and workshop both online and in person. We have a lot in common and had a great time exploring our shared and differing approaches and projects. I hope you enjoy this conversation much as we did. Jayne's website and membership Find out about the Mary Linwood project and…

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   S5 · E55 · 31 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

   #54: Making Meaning with Dr Isabella Rosner

   This episode is more of the summer of stitch series, this time with the brilliant Dr Isabella Rosner, Royal School of Needlework curator, podcaster and all round historic embroidery enthusiast. She has been part of the Mary Linwood fan club for years and we had a wonderful time talking about all the complexities of Linwood's career and making practice, and reflecting on her legacy and why she's been so ignored in the last hundred and fifty years. Dr Isabella Rosner is the curator of textiles and contextual studies lecturer at the Royal School of Needlework. She is a 2023 BBC/AHRC New…

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   S5 · E54 · 16 Aug 2025 · 52 min

   #54: Making Meaning with Claire-Louise Hardie / The Thrifty Stitcher

   Today's episode is more in the summer of stitch series, this time with a very different kind of maker. Claire-Louise Hardie is a costumier and sewing teacher, expert in making clothes and understanding how clothes work and how they make us feel. This is a really fun conversation exploring very different things than this podcast usually covers and it was great to talk to Claire-Louise and share this with you. It's a great excuse for me to think about clothing construction, the importance of fabric in telling stories and all the nerdy details of working with museum objects, which I have really…

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   S5 · E53 · 2 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

   #53: Making Meaning with Jennifer Collier

   Continuing with the summer of stitch theme, in this podcast episode I am talking to the brilliant maker Jennifer Collier, who makes amazing objects in paper using textile techniques. I've known Jennifer for years and we've worked together and supported each other plenty but still needed to twist her arm to do this podcast, for which I am really grateful. We had a fantastic conversation about making and meaning and exploring the heritage of stitch and creative practice. Jennifer Collier Unit Twelve Gallery Craftspace Made in the Middle touring exhibition Join Ruth's email list Find out more…

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   S5 · E52 · 19 Jul 2025 · 1 hr 10 min

   #52: Making Meaning with Wendy Ward

   Wendy Ward - researcher, maker and campaigner around clothes, sustainability and emotional connection to the things we wear. Wendy is a PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University investigating product attachment, craft and broken-ness in fashion. Prior to her PhD she taught sewing to adults and wrote five best-selling sewing books. Wendy has long had an interest in sustainability within fashion, she worked at both extremes of the fashion industry: as a designer in fast fashion and for a small sustainable brand, then went on to explore novel ways to recycle textiles for her MA. Wendy and I…

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    S5 · E51 · 12 Jul 2025 · 17 min

    #51: Making Meaning - Project books and sharing research

    This episode is a reflection on how I chose to create Cultures of Care Gathering and the sessions, talks and workshops it involves. I also explore the idea of project books, my way of collecting inspiration and ideas into sketchbooks. I'll be sharing a number of project books at the Gathering, alongside my finished works. Find out about Cultures of Care Gathering Join Ruth's email list Find out more about Maker Membership ruthsinger.com/membership Full details of the episode , including a transcript