Heather Audin has worked for the Quilters Guild as curator since the museum opened in 2008, where she is responsible for care of collections, writing and organising exhibitions and answering public enquiries on the historic collections. She has a background in museums and has documented a large range of museum collections including social history, costume and textiles. She also has a personal interest in historic costume, is a keen sewer and dabbles in patchwork in her spare time!

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• Introduction‘Patchwork is the Fashion of This Age’: 1700–1800Pretty Prints and Colourful Cottons: 1800–50The Fashion for Fancywork: 1850–1900Fluctuating Fortunes: 1900–50The Revival: 1950–2000ConclusionFurther ReadingPlaces to VisitIndex

Heather Audin has worked for the Quilters Guild as curator since the museum opened in 2008, where she is responsible for care of collections, writing and organising exhibitions and answering public enquiries on the historic collections. She has a background in museums and has documented a large range of museum collections including social history, costume and textiles. She also has a personal interest in historic costume, is a keen sewer and dabbles in patchwork in her spare time!

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• Introduction‘Patchwork is the Fashion of This Age’: 1700–1800Pretty Prints and Colourful Cottons: 1800–50The Fashion for Fancywork: 1850–1900Fluctuating Fortunes: 1900–50The Revival: 1950–2000ConclusionFurther ReadingPlaces to VisitIndex