Clare Hunter has sewn since she was a child. She has been a banner-maker, community textile artist and curator for over twenty years. Ms Hunter is the founder of NeedleWorks in Glasgow, which works with people of all ages and cultures and uses sewing as a way to celebrate local history, document community experiences and share personal concerns through the creation of wall hangings and banners. She was a finalist for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and a recipient of a Creative Scotland Award in 2016. Ms Hunter has explored the many many fascinating forgotten, little known and overlooked stories of sewing in her books Threads of Life and Embroidering her Truth: Mary Queen of Scots and the Language of Power. In the latter biography, Ms Hunter blends history, politics and memoir to tell the story of the queen in her own voice.

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Understanding Mary Queen of Scots: Join authors Rosemary Goring and Clare Hunter as they discuss the life, times, and embroidery ofMary Queen of Scots with Geofrey Baskerville. (2022)