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Radical Embroiderer
@radicalembroiderer.bsky.social
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Mother, embroiderer, Member of S.E.W. , P.C.O., The Woman’s Line. Volunteer Bristol Stitching Together Project. Memorial Device ANT 🐜
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At last! The 2 child limit on benefits is being scrapped.
This is the piece I made last year after Starmer suspended 7 Labour MPS for voting against KEEPING the policy 🤦🏻‍♀️

Big shout out to those who kept pushing to get rid of this shameful policy!

#budget2025 #embroidery
3 children walking along a beach. The third (only in outline) is holding a deflating Starmer balloon. The 7 swifts represent the MPs Starmer suspended who rebelled against his 3 line whip to KEEP the policy. Finally the government have seen sense and are scrapping it. Yes it is expensive to do so but keeping children in poverty is so much more!
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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”Too little, too late!”…indeed.

#embroidery
#covidinquiry
#covidinquiryreport
Embroidery I made for The Covid Chronicle. Extracts from the 8 Covid-19 handkerchiefs I made covering the period February 2020 - August 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The Angela Rayner Story - In A Nutshell.

I made this last April
I believe it still stands.

#embroidery
“Obscenely wealthy tax dodgers want rid of working class woman who is going to make them pay their fair share of taxes.” Embroidered on cloth which fits into a walnut shell.
September 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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On the news that Nadine Dorries is joining Reform it seemed like a good time to repost this one that I made last year!

#embroidery
An embroidery of Nadine Dorries on yellow sponge with her saying “Another cocktail bar man! My Va Va Voom needs a top up.” Below is the barman’s thought bubble “Deluded! She’s not on a tropical island, she’s no longer in the jungle; she’s in the wilderness!”
September 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Delighted to have a piece in the latest cartoon exhibition organised by the brilliant @songicartoons.bsky.social
It’s on until the end of August so get yourself down to the Duke of Greenwich pub in London and enjoy the brilliant contributions!

#embroidery
#cartoons
#globalwarming
An embroidered cartoon for the desert island exhibition. Poster for cartoon exhibition on the theme of Desert Island. Opens today at The Duke of Greenwich pub in London. On until end of August.
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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One I made earlier “Space Debris”

#embroidery
Trump, Musk & Vance floating away in space. The words read “Flotsam. You’re jettisoned!” “I dreamt last night that I had cut those bully boys adrift in space” Embroidery on felt.
June 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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“Flotsam. You’re jettisoned!
I dreamt last night that I had cut those bully boys adrift in space.”
Delighted that Space Debris is part of the latest exhibition in The House of Smalls which runs until 21st June. So if you’re in Edinburgh get down there! (Check website for opening hours.)
#embroidery
Trump, Musk & Vance floating away in space. Space debris!
May 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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The Ascent of Man exhibition opens on Friday at The House of Smalls in Edinburgh on Friday! I’m delighted to have a piece in the main gallery ‘Space Debris’.
There’s an opening event from 5.30-8.30pm and you are welcome to go along.
Here’s a snippet from my piece.
List of artists exhibiting in the main gallery JD Vance floating in a lilac space suit with the words “Say thank you!” written on it. Trump (partial view) in the foreground in a gold space suit.
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow

#green , apparently;

so here’s one I made earlier!

#embroidery
Embroidery of some bloke called Farage on green sponge. Writing underneath says “The irrelevance of the dodgy sponger!”
May 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Exactly… One I made earlier!
April 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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So, apparently Musk is stepping back from his Doge role due to plummeting Tesla sales?
Meanwhile here’s another section from my work in progress, Space Debris.

#musk
#embroidery
April 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Space Debris.

Working on a new piece. Here’s an excerpt from it.

#trump
#embroidery
Trump floating away in space in a gold space suit with the words PAY HOMAGE! printed on it.
April 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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The annual conundrum, what to eat first; the chicken or the eggs?

Happy Easter!
A chocolate chicken on an egg cup and some speckled chocolate filled mini eggs in a vintage coffee cup.
April 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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For “Liberation Day”

Posting this one from my Seeing, Read. Seeing Red! series. Made in July 2020.

“You vote for a slogan,
you get a dictator!”

#embroidery
April 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Got a couple of embroidered cartoons in the latest bumper edition of @thenewcartoonist.bsky.social magazine. Here’s one of them.
Not got your copy yet? You’re missing out!
Two felt & embroidered bats having a chat. One says “And those humans call our shit crazy!” The other one says “Indeed!” Cover of the March/April 2025 edition of The New Cartoonist Magazine.
March 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Delighted to have a piece in the dollhouse in the new exhibition in The House of Smalls, Contexture.
If you are in Edinburgh do go and have a look. It’s on until 19 April but do check the website for opening hours!

#exhibition
#textileart
Poster featuring the artists in the dollhouse in The House of Smalls exhibition Contexture, which has just opened.
March 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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“The Golden Age of Corruption!”

A bit of gold work.

#embroidery
Embroidery using 6 different types of gold thread depicting the ‘emperor’ with no clothes holding a banner which reads “The Golden Age of Corruption!”
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Dictator
Is the U.S. there yet?

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Embroidery of a Trump like version of ‘The Emperor with no Clothes’ carrying a banner with “Dictator-in-waiting” written on it. The “in waiting” part is now crossed out.
March 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Under the circumstances it would be remiss of me not to repost this #embroiji !
“Unhinged”

#embroidery
A small embroidery of 2 parts of a hinge separated out. Black cotton on lime green felt.
March 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Happy Birthday and a day Caroline!
Lovely book swag! Hope there was plenty of cake too. Xx
March 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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#5YearsAgo I was working on my piece Pants on Fire.

#embroidery
March 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Coining it! One I made earlier
March 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Shrove Tuesday. What you having on your pancake?

I usually go sugar & lemon but have also got some maple syrup in support of our Canadian brothers and sisters!

#embroidery One I made earlier
Embroidered pile of pancakes topped with syrup.
March 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Happy Birthday Fi. Hope your day is filled with cake and other lovely things!
February 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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“These are my red lines!”

Stitched out of frustration with everything that is going on in the world. What a mess!

#embroidery
A delicate vintage lace edged handkerchief with two red lines of bias binding stitched across it. Underneath these in an early 20th century style script are embroidered the words “These are my red lines!” in black cotton thread.
February 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM