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An infographic criticising government funding, with text that reads "Public money is being paid to privat companies to provide terrible asylum accommodation. It's time to invest in social housing—so everyone, no matter their immigration status, has a safe, secure place to call home." The upper part of the image shows a silhouette marked with against a height chart background, overlaid with a red X. Below, an image of three people happily interacting at a table.

It’s time to invest in communities and social homes, not private pockets.

The government is handing money to companies that make huge profits from housing people seeking safety in appalling conditions.

But this could be used to fund a joined-up, local approach to housing people seeking safety.

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As Festival of Quilts looms large I look back to this quilt, which I exhibited in 2023, and as part of my Graduate Gallery in 2024.
This quilt was the beginning of my realisation that I was becoming an activist textile artist and began to question whether I was producing quilts or banners.

16.07.2025 09:32 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wool patchwork in military cloth main colours red white and black.

Military patchwork at Compton Verney.
Probably an early example of stitching as therapy.
Made from scraps of military fabric, carefully pieced with additional appliqué.

31.03.2025 07:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Art and activism
Great to see my textile art included in the latest edition of Collect Art

www.collectartwork.org/post/art-act...

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Who is the artist LS who created the print here?

15.03.2025 17:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Water lily created using collage by Mary Delaney

Origami butterflies installation by Kate Buckley

Origami peace crane

We visited @nationaltrust.bsky.social Beningborough yesterday to see the amazing collages by Mary Delaney, and the origami of Kate Buckley.
I was inspired to make my first peace crane, there may be more we certainly need them.
#origami #peacecrane

15.03.2025 17:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What does a quilt signify?

#textileinvestigation
#layersofmeaning
#batextilespractice

21.02.2025 12:54 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@made_in_marsden

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Exploring textile techniques in paper. Today layering and cutting away.
It seems the new government needs the same messages as the last government when it comes to treatment of asylum seekers.
#thereisabetterway
#logcabin
#subvertingthequilt

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Today’s snowday post.
Starting to build a textile library.
#textileart

11.01.2025 20:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Log cabin in the top left built from blue strips of peace words. Blue strips and doves flying to the bottom right to a log cabin built from red strips of war words.

In the light of Meta's latest announcements I am going to try and migrate from IG to here. I am a textile artist studying at Bradford School of Art, addressing social justice issues one stitch at a time.
Currently exploring ways of subverting a traditional quilt to campaign for peace not war.

11.01.2025 10:09 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Square newspaper collage Earth at centre with eight radiating rockets. Surrounded by a square made up of small coffin shapes. Outer frame has 24 white doves circulating the block.

Subverting the quilt
Collage medallion quilt, starting from the Mariners Compass Coverlet in the Quilters Guild Collection

20.11.2024 18:22 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There is a better way, a textile installation to raise awareness of alternative methods of helping asylum seekers to safely travel to this country

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