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Caroline Zoob

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Embroidery retreat at La Balie, near Bergerac in France, 16-23 September, 2020
NEW The Stitcher’s Journal 2020
‘Peto, build me a pergola!’ The gardens at West Dean.
Lady Ottoline Morrell – gardener and stitcher
Embroidery kit subscription for 2019
My week as a cook in France…
A treasure in Amsterdam
Sketches in the margin…

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Whether you have read this extraordinary book, or heard about it and wondered what it was about, I recommend the @bbcradio4 adaptation which was broadcast this afternoon. It is such a brilliant, timeless piece of writing and was beautifully acted in this moving adaptation. Last night we watched the BBC 2 documentary about divine Ella Fitzgerald, and listening to A Room of One’s Own this afternoon I was struck by both the enormous progress since the young lives of those women, but also that the struggles (against racism, for women to be treated and regarded with equal respect) are not over. #virginiawoolf @monkshousent #aroomofonesown #booksthatmadeanimpact

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‘I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley, gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought.’ I share this sentiment with Mrs Gibson in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives snd Daughters, and it is one of the inspirations for my new Lily of the Valley mini kit, in stock now, via my website. #embroiderykits #handembroidery #thestitchersjournal #stitchersofinstagram #embroideryforbeginners

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Some of the treasures excavated from my recent quilt purchase from @tara.franklin_antiques. Just off to finish the Stitcher’s Inspiration boxes. #antiquequilts #rosafelicia #weekendworking

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So a lovely, socially distanced visit from @tara.franklin_antiques - it was SO nice- has left me with a new obsession - unpicking this quilt. The tops are panels of pretty 19th sprigged and striped fabrics but an area of damage offered a tantalising glimpse of more interesting innards and so in between cupboard tidying and gardening I am finding some beautiful fragments. #antique fabrics #weekend

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If you missed @bbcradio4 Front Row this evening, you might enjoy finding it on @bbcsounds and then have your laptop/ iPad open at the astounding new high resolution photograph of Rembrandt’s ‘the Nightwatch’ on the @rijksmuseum website and explore a little of the painting in the company of Sir Simon Schama. You can zoom in to the tiniest detail, getting closer to the painting than you ever will when in front of the canvas. The lace and textiles are exquisitely detailed. An absorbing way to explore a painting, whether you are familiar with it or are planning a first visit to @rijksmuseum following its re-opening after a long period of restoration. When we are allowed. On which note, @townergallery Eastbourne is full of Hockneys at the moment, and what better way to enjoy a painting exhibition than socially distanced, instead of 6 rows behind a crowd of selfie sticks? But they won’t open because they feel they cannot charge £10 entry to cover fixed costs when admission is normally free. Really? Shouldn’t we encourage museums and galleries to impose a basic emergency charge with an invitation to donate more if it enables us to visit our galleries, especially at a time when, sadly, there are not as many foreign tourists. There could be exceptions and concessions. Maybe if we have a local or national gallery we frequent regularly, we should renew our memberships and encourage them to charge an entry fee if it means they can re-open and/or survive. I rarely spend £ on going out but would gladly pay double the V&A entry fee to spend a socially distanced, timed visit to the Kimono exhibition at the @vamuseum - embroidery the like of which we will not see again. I do hope we will have a chance to see it. The curator’s online tour is a fascinating 5-chapter watch. You will need to allow a lot of pause time! #bittoolongsorry #supportourmuseums #lookingatart

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Sorry @vamuseum, had to put the orange through a filter BUT how brilliant is this virtual members’ week from the V&A? I plan to renew my membership this month because we need these places to be there when this is all over. The cost is covered by the petrol I have not bought for two months, or the cups of coffee, or the time-saving suppers, or the dry-cleaning... anyway, if you are a member do check out the virtual week, they have a great line up of talks. #museumfromhome #renaissancewatercolours #fashionhistory #winniethepooh

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It’s time for the annual, passionate embrace between Cecile and Marjorie. We are very lucky that Wendy from @cranbrook_iron gives all our roses a severe talking to each winter. I can never bear to watch as she wields her weapons, Attila-like. The results are spectacular though. Not sure how to break the news that in a late- night lockdown moment I ordered 12 climbing roses, but they are all in and the wires all set up. Now for the clematis ..... #lovegardening #cecilebrunnerrose

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I first encountered @lucyhaywoodathome after screeching to a halt on a double-yellow line in Billinghurst, my eyes caught by the prettiest shop window full of vintage treasure. I dived in to find an equally pretty girl with a mop of blonde curls and a very tiny baby called Daisy. It has been exciting to follow Lucy’s journey from that little shop to her creation of @thecountrybrocante, a series of fairs which are much loved and greatly missed by the public in these times. Lucy has great style and is herself incredibly creative. She could quite easily have made a career creating her beautiful clothes or anything she set her mind to.!instead, she has created these events, and in doing so has contributed to the economy. West St in Midhurst was a quiet road full of empty shops before the Country Brocante opened, and now it is the most interesting shopping street in the town. And today we have had the second @thecountrybrocanteinstafair, which took some organising, and hopefully it has given everyone involved a bit of a lift. It is through the creative efforts of energetic and optimistic people like Lucy and all those involved in Team Brocante ( on this occasion, especially Clara) that we will get through these times. I’m off to find some breakfast. Thanks to everyone who placed an order or browsed and posted nice comments, it means a lot when things feel so uncertain. #onward @thedecorativelivingfair #decorativeantiques #vintage #creativepeople #countrybrocantestyle

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Ok folks I am officially hopeless but as someone once said on ig “ she gets there in the end”. I am just sorting out my website with what I have and will post when it is up. Am trying to post about others on our @decorativelivingfair site as well. Nothing will sell until it opens and we are looking at 12 - sorry, it has been despatch week for The Stitchers Journal! Btw this picture us of an inspiration box which has been sent out but us just an idea of the sort of thing you might find as you go through them. #runninglate

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