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Its finished
Last night I finished sewing, the last job was the cloth channel on the back of the cloth to allow a baton to be passed through to hang the quilt at Touchstones. I made a couple of last minute changes to … Continue reading
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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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The story sew far
I have spent a couple of days thinking about and exploring ways of sewing all the signatures together. It is hard to plan too much in advance with collaborative projects like this, you can never be certain, how many people … Continue reading
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Tagged Begum, community cohesion, identity, Sewing, signatures, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones
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Littleborough – Ebor studios
The last session collecting signatures took me to Littleborough. For a change I decided to take the train, passing my favourite map in Victoria station. I popped into the Littleborough Museum on the station, home to some lovely artifacts including … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity shop, identity, Jubilee Hall, Littleborough, participation, Rochdale, Sewing, social engagement
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Middleton Library
My afternoon was spent in Middleton, the area feels very village like. The Old Boars Head opposite the library dates back to the 1600’s and the church is perched on a hill behind. The wooden tower on the church is … Continue reading
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Tagged identity, library, Middleton, MIF, participation, Peterloo, Samuel Bamford, Sewing, signatures
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One hundred not out
We have now collected over one hundred signatures. Today I have been transcribing some of those from the staff at Touchstones, looking at the range can I tell the gender of these individuals by the style of written signature? I … Continue reading
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Tagged common surnames, identity, Philip Hensher, Sewing, signatures, social engagement, Touchstones
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Heywood
This week saw me in Heywood, somewhere I have never been before, I spotted this lovely floral display outside the church – reminds me it is well dressing season in Derbyshire. My first session was in the library, yet again … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity shop, Heywood, library, mayor, participation, Sewing, signatures, Textile, well dressing
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Falinge and Middleton Arena
I am thankful for my A-Z as I travel about the borough getting to know new places. The first session was a lovely group – black and ethnic minorities women from many countries including Morocco, Palestine, Algeria, India Nigeria and … Continue reading
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Tagged Algeria, Community centre, craft skills, India, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, participation, Rochdale, Sewing, signatures, social engagement, Touchstones
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Deeplish
So good to actually start work with the groups. Another last minute flash of inspiration, I decided today to make the cloth pieces postcard size so that again its easy to remember if anyone works alone, also its like everyone … Continue reading
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