‘Could the next big thing to hit the galleries of Hoxton be a fluffy-haired Midlands grandmother who never likes to stray far from her pincushion? Judging by a most extraordinary new book, The Girl on the Wall, and the phenomenal piece of craftwork it is a companion to, there’s every chance it could.’
The Sunday Telegraph brilliantly reviewed The Girl on the Wall yesterday. The full piece is here.
This month’s World of Cross Stitching has a fabulous feature all about Jean Baggott’s book. You’ll have to buy a copy to read it but here’s their cover:
We’ve just received these pictures of this independent bookshop’s fabulous Jean Baggott-themed window display. Their website, if you’d like to read more about the shop, is here.
Click on the images to see bigger versions:
Needlework website Needleprint has just posted a great review of The Girl on the Wall.
‘Every so often you come across truly inspired books – not always highbrow – not always richly beautiful – but books that evoke a resounding, gasped Yes from the heart of you….books that I wish I had published! One of these special books is The Girl on the Wall by Jean Baggott … I believe this book illustrates the thread that stitches understanding and meaning into our lives creating something richer, deeper and more beautiful than we could ever have imagined.’
Read the full piece here.
Warwick Books, Kenliworth Books and the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick host an unique event next Wednesday, 31st March with Jean Baggott in conversation about her book.
As the organisers say:
‘This is an incredible and moving life story told through the stitches of a hand-sewn tapestry and in a book written by a 72 year old lady from Warwick which has received amazing national coverage.’
‘Each chapter features a circle from the tapestry and Jean’s accompanying narrative, exploring the circle and the memories it evokes. It reveals an ordinary life in extraordinary detail.’
‘Tickets are free, but strictly limited and are available from Kenilworth Books and Warwick Books. Come and have a glass of wine, talk to Jean, read her book and see her tapestry….’
The events starts at 6.30pm on 31st March 2010 at the Lord Leycester Hospital, 60 High Street, Warwick CV34 4BH
The FREE tickets are available from Warwick Books and Kenilworth Books, tel: 01926 499939 / 01926 855784 or email info@warwickbooks.net / kenilworthbooks@tiscali.co.uk
See more at www.warwickbooks.net/events
Read an extract of Jean Baggott’s book below. Click on any page to view in full screen and use the arrows on the right-hand side to turn the pages:
Jean Baggott offers her thoughts and advice to someone else who has sewn a tapestry all about their life on the Making Your Own Tapestry page on this site – read more here.
‘…it’s quite taken my breath away and the fact that I’m rushing in to tell you about it the next day should give you some idea of how very special it is.’
Books blogger DoveGreyReader has given an absolutely phenomenal review of The Girl on the Wall – read the whole piece here.
Jean was interviewed on Vanessa Feltz’s BBC London radio show on Saturday and it was a fantastic feature. Listen again here (the interview starts at about 1:10 minutes into the clip).
We’ve just seen this fabulous photo of Jean Baggott, taken by a photographer from News Team International, a news agency that ran a story about her and her book:
