Crafting Through Covid
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Location
Online event
Join us for an evening of sewing and conversation about 18th-needlework and the pleasures of crafting through Covid.
About this event
Direct streaming links
https://www.facebook.com/UniversityofKent/posts/10158627686822530
Youtube
https://youtu.be/I1WYVY5Gaq4
WEDNESDAY 16 September, 19.00-20.00 (GMT)
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a resurgence in handicrafts as ever more people recognise the health benefits of making. From 2015, when Jennie Batchelor discovered and published a cache of presumed lost embroidery patterns from the Lady's Magazine (1770-1832), people around the world have been reproducing these beautiful designs.
Following the 2020 publication of Jane Austen Embroidery (by Batchelor and Alison Larkin) interest in the patterns has grown and their motifs are finding their way onto a range of modern objects from tote bags to face masks.
Join us live for this virtual event on 16 September at 19:00 GMT where we will be talking Covid crafting and sharing images and videos of your creative work and experiences of making during the pandemic.
Everyone who registers will receive free instructions for a new project (not in the book) based on a 1798 design in the Lady's Magazine to have a go at in the event or at your leisure.
For further details, please contact Jennie Batchelor (j.e.batchelor@kent.ac.uk).
