Magpie and Thread

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's.” Ex museum curator, now creating, finding & fixing things.

[Magpie and Thread @MagpieAndThread]

@RevRichardColes Wasn’t Edmund the first patron saint of England? He’d be a better choice than the current one who is also patron saint of lots of other countries.

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@wagamama_uk @ChrisGPackham Black plastic is am End Stage product. It’s not recycled further. Do you make them from recycled plastic and then take them back for washing and reuse like @LushLtd ?

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@Pitt_Rivers The dancing bee-hive is cute.
I really like the pregnant belly, top row, right side, middle. If that’s even what it is.

[Cate Frustrated Creative🌻 @23rdspiral]

I hear there’s another #Cabinet reshuffle? How boring. What is #johnson trying to hide today?
A proper cabinet battle would be so much better. Or, maybe, people skilled at their jobs?
#JohnsonOut #ToryShambles
#Hamilton https://t.co/YBss3aLnyk

[Save Weekley Hall Wood & Meadow 🍃💚🍃 @weekleyhallwood]

We love our countryside.

We need our countryside.

Developers want to build warehouses on this much loved and thriving habitat.

We say NO to the destruction of Weekley Hall Wood.

#SaveWeekleyHallWood #Kettering #Northants #saveourplanet #cleanair #ecocide

[Magpie and Thread @MagpieAndThread]

@craftivista Yes! And I’m happy to teach people mending... the other week I taught a young chap to patch his pocket, and in doing so taught him to thread a needle, knot the thread, and whip stitch.

[Cate Frustrated Creative🌻 @23rdspiral]

100,000 pigs burning because Brexit means not enough butchers or vets (to certify for export).
While workers need tax credits & food banks... and the govt steal our tax to give to mates (PPE) & increase taxes from the working poor.
The U.K. is rotten.
#BrexitDisaster #ToryBritain

[Magpie and Thread @MagpieAndThread]

Working on a piece for @yassjessie upcoming exhibition at @UmbrellaFair pavilion in #Northampton.
The art of #GentleProtest, from Bayeur Tapestry to Trade Union Banners, #Craftivism is not a modern phenomenon.
Local icon #AlanMoore quotation, embroidery & appliqué.
#NorthantsHour

[Cate Frustrated Creative🌻 @23rdspiral]

- But 5yr old knew what a blobfish is. I assumed from #Octonaughts. No mummy, one was in an episode of #SarahAndDuck.

She doesn’t know who Trump is.
I showed her this picture.
“That silly man looks like a blobfish!”
Yup.
#Trump
#TrumpBribery
#Blobfish
2/2

[Magpie and Thread @MagpieAndThread]

@kathfitz93 @AndreaDMorgan @lauriecollyer @mike_bowler @amy_surplice @Nigella_Lawson @chezpim In my part of the UK, if something is “fine” it’s most clearly not. It might be so terrible the person saying it will cry later, but to your face, “that’s fine”.

[Jessie ❈ @jssrlaa]

Super enjoyed hosting the (sold out🙌) #craftingforchange workshop @umbrellafair this weekend! ✂️🧶 Can't wait to do it again next month! 😊

[Magpie and Thread @MagpieAndThread]

Working on a #CraftingForChange piece, a mini local themed embroidered banner.
Sadly I’m not at @UmbrellaFair Pavillion tonight but will be back soon.
@NorthantshourUk
#Northantshour
#AlanMoore
#Craftivism
#QuietActivism
#ChooseSlow

[Jessie ❈ @jssrlaa]

Hey @NorthantshourUk 👋😊 We're at the @UmbrellaFair again for another #craftingforchange session. Here's a gorgeous crafted mini banner by @mumford_say 💙

[NJMIdeas @NJMIdeas]

The making of.... a soundscape for our forthcoming exhibition 'Washing Dancing Singing'. Archive photographs of women living and working in prisons #photography #rehabilitation #JusticeIdeas #PrisonReform #WashingDancingSinging #SkilfulWomen cc @WIP_live

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@andreanhj I absolutely love this Andrea.
I’m working on a craftavist embroidery piece on library closures for an exhibition.
What a very inspiring thing this is.
(I was at uni with you).

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@andreanhj @JusticeMuseum @NottsWomensHist @MSpaceInvaders @MojatuF @Nottswlibrary What a wonderful image and record of skill.

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@yassjessie @NorthantshourUk @UmbrellaFair @mumford_say Oh that’s brilliant!
I was due to be there tonight but couldn’t due to childcare.
I’ll do some when small person is finally asleep.

[Kathleen Christie FRSA @kathchristie3]

Bit later than planned, but still delighted to share new blogpost on inspiring campaign reads -all 70 of them recommended by campaigners on Twitter. It's a superb list. Pls share widely, and let's keep connecting👌👊👍🌍👏https://t.co/DakECmYGKm

[Smart meters @SmartEnergyGB]

Less than 3% of all media and social media conversations on climate change in the past 2 years mention energy efficiency. #MissingPiece