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Local author Glenda Young wrote fiction stories about family life in the early 20th century, based in and around Ryhope Village, Sunderland. 

Forget Me Knot book club was reading two of her books  Pearl of Pit Lane and The Paper Mill Girl, in the top 50 best-selling books. As part of a project, I was thrilled to be invited to facilitate a project, so the readers could use their imagination to bring a scene from the story to life using textiles, embellishments, beads and buttons. 

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After all the hard work, some of the ladies enjoyed afternoon tea

Sewing boxes put together with floral fabrics, buttons, and red feathers for the ladies of the night. One of the characters in the book. Needles, threads , buttons

Cliffs at Ryhope beach, hand stitched by Laura Conlon

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Some of the lovely pieces, not everyone can sew but they had fun having ago 

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fabric and ink  for them beautiful eyes. 

Annie Grafton haberdashery shop

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17 year old Ruth looks onto Ryhope Beach .

Miners cottage, some pieces were framed as gifts.

Left over scraps used for making cards

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