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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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Tagged community cohesion, Craft, embroidery, identity, participation, Quilt, Sewing, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones
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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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Tagged community cohesion, crafts, embroidery, identity, Knitting, participation, recycled, Rochdale, Sewing, social engagement, Touchstones
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Deadline looms
The deadline for handing in the sewn signatures is today at Touchstones, although we have a little flexibility, and should be able to incorporate any that come in this week. After a holiday it is good to get back and … Continue reading
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Tagged craft skills, embroidery, identity, Liverpool, participation, Rochdale, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones
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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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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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Tagged Charity shop, community cohesion, craftivism, crafts, embroidery, identity, Knitting, participation, Rochdale, signatures, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones
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Touchstones
Saturday saw us in the cafe area of Touchstones, it was actually the first session in the gallery and great to see that word is spreading about the project. All the sewing packs I left on the desk have gone … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, community cohesion, embroidery, identity, India, participation, quiltmaking, Rochdale, social engagement, Tehran, Touchstones, Vermont
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Sew your own
Trying out a few ideas now that I have a substantial number of signatures to play with. Always a nice challenge, exploring different compositions and permutations. The vast range of signature cloths I have researched in museums come to mind … Continue reading
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Tagged craftivism, identity, participation, petition, recycled, Rochdale, Sew, signatures, Textile, Touchstones
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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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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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Rochdale Library and Littleborough lacemakers
Yesterday was a very productive day. I met Alison Slater who showed me a beautiful book in the Rochdale local studies about the Royd family of Rochdale. It is a great layout with signatures of members of the family who … Continue reading
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Tagged Community centre, craft skills, identity, Littleborough, participation, quiltmaking, Rochdale, signatures, social engagement, Textile, Touchstones
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