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Exploring our impact on the natural world – the Quaker Tapestry ecology panel

It’s week four of the #MyLocalMuseum campaign and we’re looking through Quaker eyes at the impact our lives have on…

Quaker Tapestry22 February 2021

Embroidery Museum

Wildlife embroidery, inspired by the Quaker Tapestry

Detail of Robin embroidery. Designer and teacher Bridget Guest has many talents. One of them is creating embroidery kits which…

Quaker Tapestry16 February 2021

Museum

Stramongate School: The War Years

Part 1 – The Outbreak of War As part of our Digitisation Project, we are continuing to write about the…

Quaker Tapestry12 February 2021

Museum

The Story of a Railway Revolution

In the early 19th century, many Quakers were at the forefront of the railway revolution. This was because many other…

Quaker Tapestry9 February 2021

Museum

Pilgrimages – Exploring landscapes at the Quaker Tapestry Museum

Our museum, one of the smallest in Cumbria, has a collection of 77 modern embroideries with 40 on display at…

Quaker Tapestry1 February 2021

Museum

Stramongate School Magazine Digitisation Project

At Quaker Tapestry we are continuing with a project to fully digitise the objects in our collection. This will help…

Quaker Tapestry8 January 2021

Museum

Stories behind the stitches- World Family of Friends

The Quaker Tapestry Calendar features twelve popular panels with accompanying text for each month’s image. This month on our calendar…

Quaker Tapestry11 December 2020

Museum

When a crystallographer met a compositor…

We hear many stories of amazing Quaker connections and just had to tell you of the very interesting letter we…

Quaker Tapestry6 November 2020

Volunteers

Arthur Harrison, 13 September 1923 – 4 May 2020

Our good Friend Arthur Harrison died 4th May 2020 following a short illness due to Covid-19. Many of our longstanding…

Quaker Tapestry5 June 2020

Embroidery Museum

Craft, Mindfulness, Positivity…and free postage!

Mindfulness can positively change the way we feel about our lives and help us manage stress and anxiety. Put simply, mindfulness…

Quaker Tapestry30 March 2020

Quaker Tapestry

Exploring our impact on the natural world – the Quaker Tapestry ecology panel

Wildlife embroidery, inspired by the Quaker Tapestry

Stramongate School: The War Years

The Story of a Railway Revolution

Pilgrimages – Exploring landscapes at the Quaker Tapestry Museum

Stramongate School Magazine Digitisation Project

Stories behind the stitches- World Family of Friends

When a crystallographer met a compositor…

Arthur Harrison, 13 September 1923 – 4 May 2020

Craft, Mindfulness, Positivity…and free postage!

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