Since the start of the year I have been doing some stitching each day for about 20 minutes. In my last post I talked about the first 10 days of the project which now has over 3,000 people stitching each day around the world. This is Day 44 of the 1 Year of Stitches 2017 […]
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# 1 year of stitches2017 – My daily stitches continue…
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#1yearofstitches – A project to keep me stitching
This year I am taking part in a worldwide project called 1 Year of Stitches: 2017. It is being run by Sara Barnes. My theme is to base the stitches I make on the classic embroidery book ‘Samplers and Stitches’ by Mrs Archibald Christie. It was first published in 1920. The copy I have is […]
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Sensing Culture – working with the Guide Dogs
As someone who does not have a dog and has no real experience of dogs; it has been an eye-opening experience for me to be working with the guide dogs who accompany some of the participants in the Sensing Culture project I am delivering with the Cathedral and The Beaney in Canterbury. The work is […]
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Symbiosis- My work is a Mélange
Symbiosis An exhibition of woven tapestry 19th April – 1st May 2016 This is the theme of British Tapestry Group (BTG) exhibition that is currently on show at Hastings Arts Forum in St Leonard’s on Sea, East Sussex. In the year that Hastings is commemorating the 950 year anniversary of the Battle of Hastings with the […]
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Hunter & Collector
I have been slowly working through ideas on the theme of Hunter & Collector for over 2 years now. The work involves using found and vintage objects to inspire and be used in the textiles. Circles form a major feature for the work. I have shown a circle woven with several soumack techniques […]
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World collections- Bexhill Museum
Last month I lead a course looking at the World Collections at Bexhill Museum, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. The group used the collection to inspire their embroidered book jackets. The displays re part of the Uniques project which aims at uncovering Ethnography in Kent and Sussex. www.uniquesproject.org.uk Here are the results of the 5 week Embroidery course-
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World Cultures Embroidery
5 week textiles course at Bexhill Museum Tuesday 3rd March to Tuesday 31st March Morning 10.30-12.30 or Afternoon 1.30-3.30 Embroidery is a fascinating and enchanting process; in this course you will take inspiration from Bexhill museums current intriguing exhibition exploring world cultures/collections and the links to Bexhill. You will look at colours, patterns and textures to […]
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Women & Domesticity
I have been busy preparing work for the Women & Domesticity project led by Vanessa Marr. The exhibition of dusters is coming up soon in Eastbourne. My work uses embroidered dusters and jam jars to reference a pleasurable domestic activity based on a quote by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there. […]
Stitching in India
It was lovely to watch a very skilled embroiderer sewing on a sheesha while on a recent trip to India. I will be adding more images from what was an amazing journey around Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Hearts
This is the embroidered panel that I made in 2007 for Ronald McDonald House at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Each room is named after the theme of the embroidery, so this hangs in ‘The Heart Room’. The project was organised by Marion Cantrell. I am currently working with Marion to make small quilts that […]