Archive - The Thread of Her Tale

Magnificence I: The Cromwell Textile Cloth

A couple of days ago I put the final stitch into a rare piece of work.

Jun 13 •

May 2025

Talking Stitching Cromwell

Last Thursday, I gave a paper at the Material Histories: Objects and Objectives Conference by the Material Histories Group at the University of…

May 18 •

April 2025

The dead cut away the ground beneath us

In The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel wrote of the ground under the ground, “no longer visible except in the mind’s eye; and down it goes, to the…

Apr 20 •

March 2025

February 2025

Letters to Master Thomas Cromwell

Letters from friends, letters from enemies, letters from servants, letters from clerks.

Feb 11 •

January 2025

The Cardinal’s ring on the Cromwell Cloke

In a recent post, I wrote an introduction to my Cromwell Cloke, with a view to sharing the “becoming” of a piece of my textile art.

Jan 31 •

A Cloke of Prophecy: Burning Queen

In a recent post, I wrote an introduction to my Cromwell Cloke, with a view to sharing the “becoming” of a piece of my textile art.

Jan 22 •

How I met the Past (part two)

Back in November I was asked whether I was interested in Thomas Cromwell before reading Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall.

Jan 4 •

November 2024

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