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Nearly there
The last stage of making the quilt. Having taken time to think about how to actually quilt the cloth I decided on a strategy that I am happy with and that works. I have decided to use the diamond shape … Continue reading
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Tagged community cohesion, craftivism, crafts, embroidery, participation, Quilt, Rochdale, signatures, Textile
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Sewing up
The last couple of weeks have seen all the 336 “postcards” made up of Rochdale signatures come together in one big cloth. I finished piecing the top cloth, washed and ironed it, all ready for the workshops back at Touchstones, … Continue reading
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Its all coming together
I have spent the last few days beginning to piece together all the signatures. It is quite a task but coming across signatures I recognise from the workshops reminds me of the sessions and people involved. The variety is so … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, crafts, identity, Lisa Stansfield, participation, Quilt, Rochdale, Sewing, social engagement, Textile
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Knitty Gritty
Back in Touchstones for a session to coincide with the monthy knitting group. Alison Slater came along and shared some of her findings on the historical quilt with the group. As usual people came and went, I sewed a couple … Continue reading
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Deeplish Community Centre
I On Tuesday I returned to Deeplish, partly as the group were so keen to do more sewing and also because Ramadan is starting next weekand having collected so many drawn signatures I needed help converting them to stitch. We had … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Charity shop, Community centre, crafts, Needlework, participation, Rochdale, Sew, social engagement, Touchstones
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pillowcases
I have been mulling over what sort of cloth/fabric to use as the base material to sew the signatures onto. In Remembering Emily I went for a very light almost transparent cloth so the sewing really stood out. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity shop, crafts, Emily Davison, recycled, Rochdale, Sewing, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones, up-cycling
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ready to go
We are just finalising the timetable for workshops to create a new signature cloth (a cloth made up predominantly of sewn signatures) representing Rochdale borough today. Getting together all the visuals from a flyer to press release and pull down … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, embroidery, identity, participation, quiltmaking, Rochdale, signatures
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