Meet Mary Linwood, the 18th Century embroiderer you have (probably) never heard of!

Who was Mary Linwood? What did she embroider? Come with me to the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery to see the exhibition 'Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch and Life' to learn all about this incredible embroiderer you have probably never heard of! Giveaway draw rules: Watch the video for how to enter, you have until the end of the day on Wednesday 18th February 2026 to join in (GMT) A winner will be drawn at random and will be announced in the Chit Chat Tuesday video on Tuesday 24th February 2026 We will also leave a comment underneath your original comment to let you know how to get in touch with us If we don't hear from the drawn winner after two weeks, we will do the draw gain. Unfortunately we cannot send to EU and EAA countries, Switzerland or South Africa, so please don't enter if you are in these. The pieces in the exhibition were curated by Textile artists Ruth Singer and included new pieces by Ruth, check our her work here: https://ruthsinger.com/ See Mary in the V&A collections online here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/search?q=Mary+Linwood&astyped= See the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery website here: https://www.leicestermuseums.org/ Join me on Patreon here for extra perks and content: https://www.patreon.com/sarahhomfrayembroidery Become a YouTube Channel Member to get access to extra perks and content (same as Patreon, you don't need to join both!): https://www.youtube.com/c/sarahhomfrayembroidery/join Are you an embroidery beginner? Or thinking about how to get into th