All Roads - Migration Stories - Education Pack
Where have you travelled from to get here?
This project explores the routes women have taken to arrive in Reading and celebrates the textiles and the textile skills that travelled with them. Women from all over the world, Sweden, Turkey, Pakistan to name a few have contributed to this project and you can listen to their stories. Using textile techniques that they learnt in their country of birth or learnt in sessions across Reading, they have embroidered, appliquéd and painted onto pillowcases. The pillowcase is a universal textile for many countries and cultures to decorate. Symbolising unity across the globe and a gathering in Reading. The project culminated in an exhibition of work created at The Museum of English Rural Life.
This project is funded by the The National Heritage Lottery Fund, delivered by Jelly and supported by The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading Museum and Reading Community Learning Centre.
Where have you travelled from to get here?
This project explores the routes women have taken to arrive in Reading and celebrates the textiles and the textile skills that travelled with them. Women from all over the world, Sweden, Turkey, Pakistan to name a few have contributed to this project and you can listen to their stories. Using textile techniques that they learnt in their country of birth or learnt in sessions across Reading, they have embroidered, appliquéd and painted onto pillowcases. The pillowcase is a universal textile for many countries and cultures to decorate. Symbolising unity across the globe and a gathering in Reading. The project culminated in an exhibition of work created at The Museum of English Rural Life.
This project is funded by the The National Heritage Lottery Fund, delivered by Jelly and supported by The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading Museum and Reading Community Learning Centre.
Where have you travelled from to get here?
This project explores the routes women have taken to arrive in Reading and celebrates the textiles and the textile skills that travelled with them. Women from all over the world, Sweden, Turkey, Pakistan to name a few have contributed to this project and you can listen to their stories. Using textile techniques that they learnt in their country of birth or learnt in sessions across Reading, they have embroidered, appliquéd and painted onto pillowcases. The pillowcase is a universal textile for many countries and cultures to decorate. Symbolising unity across the globe and a gathering in Reading. The project culminated in an exhibition of work created at The Museum of English Rural Life.
This project is funded by the The National Heritage Lottery Fund, delivered by Jelly and supported by The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading Museum and Reading Community Learning Centre.