วีดีโอ

As part of our 2024 special exhibition 'Sing and Rejoice' celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox's birth, our Curator Francesca Vine tells us about the George Fox Ulverston Panel of the Quaker Tapestry.

As part of our 2024 special exhibition 'Sing and Rejoice' celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox's birth, our Curator Francesca Vine tells us about the George Fox Lichfield, Pendle Hill Panel of the Quaker Tapestry.

As part of our 2024 special exhibition 'Sing and Rejoice' celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox's birth, our Curator Francesca Vine tells us about the George Fox Firbank Fell Panel of the Quaker Tapestry.

As part of our 2024 special exhibition 'Sing and Rejoice' celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox's birth, our Curator Francesca Vine tells us about the George Fox Convincement Panel of the Quaker Tapestry.

As part of our 2023/24 special exhibition on Quaker Simplicity, our Curator Francesca Vine tells us about Quaker Simplicity in clothing, using examples from the Quaker Tapestry Collection.

As part of our 2023/24 special exhibition on Quaker Simplicity, we asked a variety of Quakers to read quotes on simplicity.

As part of our 2023/24 special exhibition on Quaker Simplicity, we asked a variety of Quakers the question - what does Simplicity mean to you?

A special fundraising concert with The Barberellas 29th May 2023, 2pm-4pm All The Stories You’ve Lived: The Barberellas live in concert at the Quaker Tapestry Museum A Capella band ‘The Barberellas’ delighted audiences with their close harmony wit and wisdom, bringing a diverse and lively programme of folk, jazz, barbershop, self-written and protest music to venues across the North. In this spe...

This 13 minute film tells the story of George Fox and the early beginnings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the mid 17th century. Using the embroidered panels of the Quaker Tapestry, interspersed with location filming in the old English county of ‘Westmorland’, the scene is set to give us a taste of the prevailing political and social climate at that time and an introduction to ...

This is a video of samplers from our collection. We currently have an exhibition looking at their history on display in the museum. Click here to find out more www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk/museum/quaker-samplers/

Did you know these facts about the World Family of Friends Panel? Today is World Earth Day and we are highlighting The World Family of Friends Panel, which is the 77th and final panel of the Quaker Tapestry and which expresses hope for the future. Our World, as seen from our Moon, has no apparent divisions and its beauty emphasises the oneness of creation.

This 5 minute film, with subtitles, introduces this amazing international community art embroidery. The film is interwoven with stories about the creators, designers and embroiderers who made the colourful 77 panels of 350 years of social history as seen through the Quaker perspective. The Quaker Tapestry is a modern masterpiece, in which 4,000 men, women and children from 15 countries had a ha...

Knot stitch or Peking Knot - As used in Chinese Embroidery, Knot stitch is versatile. It may be used as a seeded filling or a rough knobbly texture. Single knots can represent a full stop, a button or fine lace, or be used as solid filling for curly hair or flowers. More information and detailed step-by-step instructions with photographs can be found in our Quaker Tapestry Stitch Guide Book. St...

Bayeux Point or Bayeux stitch is one of the 'crewel embroidery' stitches used on the Quaker Tapestry. It's a stitch technique - a method of laying threads which has gained its name from the 11th century Bayeux Tapestry. In Bayeux Point the majority of the wool thread remains on the surface, so it is a very economical and suitable technique for decorative work. There are examples on the Quaker T...

Chain stitch, with subtitles, as seen on the Quaker Tapestry

Quaker stitch, with subtitles, as seen on the Quaker Tapestry

Whip stitch with subtitles, as seen on the Quaker Tapestry

Split stitch with subtitles, as seen on the Quaker Tapestry

Stem Stitch with subtitles, as seen on the Quaker Tapestry

Transfer Stem Stitch

Threading a needle using woollen thread with subtitles, as seen on the Quaker Tapestry

Voyage of the Woodhouse, Quaker Tapestry

The Barrett Friendship Quilt

Joseph Rowntree at Quaker Tapestry

Elizabeth Fry and the patchwork quilts from the Quaker Tapestry

Introduction to the Quaker Tapestry

Storm Desmond Kendal Community Flood Tapestry

Victorian paper pop-up curiosity. Quaker Tapestry Museum Artefact

Framing and mounting the Quaker Tapestry