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love, loss and the unfinished

Posted on February 6, 2014 by lholmes4keats

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes work never begun – Christina. G. Rossetti All adventurous sewers have one. Mine is currently in the form of a large blue plastic laundry basket Every year in that fatty bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Costume | Tagged Art, Costume, distrust, Dress, dressmaker, fabric, Fashion, forgotten, lists, lost, Love, Museum, needle, random, Rossetti, sewing, stitch, taliman, unfinished, unfinished sewing projects, unloved, USP'S | Leave a comment

“As an operator he was bold, but not cool, rapid without being dexterous and he had no sympathy with humanity”

Posted on February 26, 2013 by lholmes4keats

This is sort of a review of the Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men exhibition at The Museum of London, but also with many other related reflections and distractions. I visited the exhibition twice, once with my Australian scriptwriter friend, on … Continue reading →

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“Trace a path that others can follow”

Posted on January 25, 2013 by lholmes4keats

“Trace a path that others can follow” Continuing my review of the needle is always at hand tour last year… The Text & Textiles Conference run by The Material Texts department at Cambridge University, September 2012 This post has two … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: needle

love, loss and the unfinished

“As an operator he was bold, but not cool, rapid without being dexterous and he had no sympathy with humanity”

“Trace a path that others can follow”

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