Quilts – Hidden Histories, Untold Stories was the curator’s blog for the V&A’s Quilts: 1700 – 2010 exhibition
to count our blessings. Before I sign off for the Christmas holidays I would like to share with you some very poignant and extraordinary stories. The first revolves around a young...
Apologies for the rather patchy postings - a combination of technical hitches and label deadlines. It's been a stressful couple of weeks - culminating in my 30 second...
Nipped up to Manchester the weekend before last (if you can actually nip anywhere on the rail network at weekends) to spend a couple of hours at ‘See, Sew and Chat with...
I love reading the various posts on this blog – and was particularly intrigued by Julie'ssuggestion that I was the Poirot of the V&A!Of course I am not alone in...
It has been an emotional week on many levels. The pain of separation and loss, broadcast daily in the papers, and on the news channels cannot fail to resonate with mothers...
Sometimes you need to get out of the office - away from the nuts and bolts of exhibition planning. You need to gain some perspective, remember not to take things too personally,...
I'm in trouble ... again. It was a simple enough comment; I described Quilts 1700-2010 as an exhibition by women, for women. Of course I don't mean to be exclusive but I...
I love this time of year - I've been fortunate enough during my career to travel widely to exotic climes. Over the past two years I have spoken at conferences in Sydney and...
This week I was going to share with you my meditations on my journey to York to see Japanese Sashiko Textiles however our design team have asked me to put outa call for...
What a week! Suddenly everything is starting to come together which is exhilarating - the adrenalin rush of careering from one meeting to the next, pitching ideas one minute and...
I have been judged and found wanting - all over the country quilted effigies of Sue Prichard are being stabbed with pins. To be honest I didn't realise that the offending...
I am constantly amazed by the way in which seemingly disconnected individuals and events are linked through time and space. My father, a butcher by trade spent his weekends and...
I have no more words to give. I'm all worded out - if you ask me what I've been doing all day my mind goes blank, I can't even remember what I had for lunch (if I had...
I'm probably going to get my wrist slapped for this - we were going to keep this under wraps until the Press Launch next week but given the rumours circulatingregarding our...
The contractors are just about to move into the V&A's exhibition halls to install our next major exhibition Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts. We decided...
All is not well in the Prichard house. It started off innocently enough: Husband 'So what are we doing for our wedding anniversary?'. Me 'I don't know about you...
When I was first asked to present a proposal for a quilt exhibition, I was adamant that the V&A should seize the opportunity to showcase its collection. Textiles are, by their...
I thought youmight be interested in some photographs of the V&A Patchwork Group! . One of the key aims of the exhibition is to inspire a new generation to take up their...
This has been an exciting week for 'Project Team Quilts'! We have our 3D, 2D and lighting designers on board and are working closely with everyone to finalise the design...
In March 2010 the V&A will present a major exhibition which will showcase over 300 years of British patchwork and quilting.For the first time the museum's collection of...