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mindful stitches..

4/5/2018

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August 2017
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a grey dot...

4/5/2018

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wool and silk thread
​July 2017
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stitch doodling

3/5/2018

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June 2017
I did a fab embroidery workshop at Raystitch with Richard  McVetis.  We revisited some old stitches and learned some new ones too.. I came home with a small sampler worked on gorgeous white wool..  but of course I couldn't leave all that empty space...
​http://www.richardmcvetis.co.uk
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trusting the process..

3/5/2018

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June 2017
​Scraps of fabric and thread, and endless blanket stitch. You don't always know why you do something but just have to trust the process.
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a sequence of spaces

3/5/2018

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May 2017
​fabric books using silk organdie
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dear ruby..

3/5/2018

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Jan 2017
​I found a bundle of letters, written in the late 1960's, addressed to a lady called Ruby .. Reading between the lines of these letters (mostly from her family) it was obvious that she had spent a considerable time in hospital. I find it amazing how much information could be gleaned from a dozen or so letters and I feel a sense of responsibility in using them.
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This ongoing project is to transcribe these letters into a quilted nylon bed jacket of the period. 
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a lucky find

3/5/2018

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November 2016
​The fragment of a child's pyjama jacket was discovered under the floorboards during renovations.. seemed a shame to throw it away so added  cotton and silk scraps and layers of stitch. As always it's all about the process rather than the finished object.
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writing with a needle...

3/5/2018

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October 2016
 I took a workshop with the amazing Rosalind Wyatt who shared the secrets of her writing with a needle... It's not as easy as it would seem but it is addictive.. 
www.rosalindwyatt.com
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ten thousand stitches

3/5/2018

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August 2016
Ten Thousand Stitches 

paper, thread
 
''At least 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees have disappeared after arriving in Europe, according to the EU’s criminal intelligence agency…. " 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/30/fears-for-missing-child-refugees   (Jan 2016)
 
There is little I can do about this situation but, in an attempt to somehow at least mark these children's existence, I made a tally of ten thousand stitches. 
 
One child missing is one too many, ten thousand is unthinkable.
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little stitch things...

3/5/2018

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October 2016
Little kantha stitch patches using scraps of sari silk and printed text.
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