Thinking about Myrllen’s Coat (@tnstatemuseum), made by a psychiatric hospital patient c. 1948-55. She saved threads, lint, and fabric scraps and from them sewed garments. Most of her works have been lost, as have her medical records. We know her only her by pseudonym, "Myrllen"
Exciting new pamphlet about Lorina Bulwer out now! Lorina was an inmate at a workhouse 1893-1912 who made colourful and enraged needlework about her imprisonment. Thank you to @colinhynson for bringing the publication to my attention. Get it here: https://t.co/3RVAIQs6Wg
Once again in the British Library, once again freezing (my poor fingers!). Dreaming about wearing some Emile Pingat outerwear at @metmuseum from the 1880s-90s to keep out the chill