While researching in the Bradford College Textile Archive, Hannah discovered the weave designs of George Arnold Stead (1893–1975). The key item was a 7-metre roll of sketches and swatches of weaving designs, with handwritten notes all over it. From there, Hannah created a piece for an exhibition at Sunny Bank Mills. She embellished a length of cloth with embroidered weave designs, dyed it with cyanotype in places so that it resembled blueprints, and worked frayed fabric into the print to show the ghost of the cloth. The piece was hung horizontally from spools at different heights, to show the rise and fall of the weaving industry and how important that industry still is today.

Hannah went on to tell the story of her commission with the Brontë Parsonage Museum to create an interactive exhibition. Researching in the archives, she kept finding fragments of garments: fans of the novels would often ask the authors for a token or item as a souvenir. Hannah asked visitors to the museum to write about a piece of clothing that held significance for them. Their words were given to a group of embroiderers, who stitched each passage onto sheer fabric, matching the handwriting of each one. All of the sections were sewn together to create a dress that went on display at the museum. At a live event, Hannah showed the dress and told the stories within it. The model wearing it handed an audience member a pair of scissors and invited them to cut a fragment of the dress as a souvenir. Hesitant at first, they felt honoured to become part of the story. The fragments were framed and given as gifts. It was a wonderful talk about the design process behind these exhibition pieces, using textile heritage as a starting point, and showcasing the techniques and methods Hannah uses to create texture and story in her work.

The afternoon was spent enjoying the Sunny Bank Mills Christmas Market, where many talented artists had work for sale. Many of us also explored the other shops on the site, including Scrap, a creative reuse store full of offcuts and materials waiting for a new life.