#53: Making Meaning with Jennifer Collier

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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 · E56 · 13 Sep 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

   #56: Making Meaning with Heidi Strobel

   Dr Heidi Strobel is my guest in episode 56 about Mary Linwood. Heidi joined me from The University of North Texas, USA where she is is Professor of Art History. She is also the author of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation, and Entrepreneurship in Britain 1787-1845 which has been invaluable for my exhibition research. Heidi and I have been in touch throughout this project and she's been an amazing support in the development of the exhibition and in the general excitement I feel about being able to share Linwood's work. This is a fantastic conversation in lots of depth about Mary Linwood's…

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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 · 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

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   S5 · E50 · 5 Jul 2025 · 10 min

   #50: Making Meaning - Cultures of Care Gathering

   It's episode FIFTY! and the podcast's 4th birthday this week. This is just a mini solo one, sharing some of the story of the Cultures of Care project and how I've brought it all together to create Cultures of Care Gathering 19-20 July. 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

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   S5 · E49 · 28 Jun 2025 · 58 min

   #49: Making Meaning with Deb McGuire - Part 2

   Deb McGuire is back! We recording a long conversation and I've split it into two episodes, of which this is the second. I suggest you start with Episode 48 first, as that's where Deb introduces herself and her work. This is a continuation of our chat which focusses more on Mary Linwood and my forthcoming exhibition about her (opening 13th September at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery). Much like the first episode, this is a fun chat between two people really fascinated by Mary Linwood's life and work. Find out about Cultures of Care Gathering Join Ruth's email list Find out more about Maker…

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    S5 · E48 · 22 Jun 2025 · 48 min

    #48: Making Meaning with Deb McGuire

    In this series I'm exploring textile making and the many complex meanings around textile making practice. This episode is the first of a two-parter with quilt maker and historian Deb McGuire, because we had so much to talk about that we made two episodes! There's such a lot of overlap in our interests that its not surprising that we talked for ages! We talk about her work in quilting in a frame, her research and lots about the emotions of sewing and working with others. Find out about Cultures of Care Gathering Join Ruth's email list Find out more about Maker Membership…