No matter how sweet the sentiment of antique samplers, they do have a dark and limiting history for the girls that stitched them even in era of the Industrial Revolution when most were forced into cities to work the factories, some were able to gain new status and wealth but most girl's lives whether rich or poor were still controlled by others. 

Episode 4 of my series on why women stitch is a reminder that some of us have a heritage of needing to stitch and some have a heritage of stitching for pleasure.

New podcast up talking about who does your laundry has always said a lot about how privileged you are. Check out on my website, link in my profile or Iheart radio or spotify...

A pondering, or maybe a rant on the difference between Art and Craft, cuz there is a difference no matter how much some “Say it ain’t so…”

I'm not political, but this election I am because I have daughters. Join me for the history of when women got the right to vote and what we voted for as the "weaker sex" and we talk about Pie, the Proverbial Pie of Prosperity. Oh and a post script about cats, cause for some reason, whether women can handle leadership roles, like being the next president United States has something to do with cats?

In our second podcast on pondering women's place in Art, Literature and Culture we focus on Trade- what makes the world go round, what made new worlds discovered and conquered and yes- the desire for thread and fabric often led the way.

In our first podcast on pondering women's place in Art, Literature and Culture we go back to the beginning of time and discover the invention of thread and discuss the great responsibility we bore to spin it... along with everything else we were responsible for in keeping a tidy prehistoric home.