Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth

And, you know, I've seen this with other women.

So Rachel Kay Shuttleworth, who was the founder of the Gawthorpe Textile Collection, also spinster, and there's definitely a discourse around her of why she had to fill her time, you know.

So she taught lots of people, you know.

And it's a really... it's a really problematic thing which i uh you know and i've i've i've had people say similar things they're a bit more careful about their language today but people have said sort of that kind of thing to me i've been like oh you're just filling your life but also like whatever yeah it's misogynist and it's very presumptive about what people's life experiences what people want to do with their lives and how women spend their time but That's one of the reasons why Mary Limwood stood out so much is that she was she stepped out of the domestic sphere and exhibited her work publicly.

And this is their hundred year history.

And I can see that it's a plea, Kay.

Yes, it's applique, all in silks.

And I decided to use colors of the, because it was a library, I'd use book covers.

Yeah, it's amazing.

I remember doing my diploma.

I did it at Gawthorpe Hall actually, which I was very lucky to do because we had access to the Rachel Kay Shuttleworth collection.

It's incredible really.