Jill Edwards        

"THE OTHER SIDE OF STITCH"

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"This collection had its genesis in the tidying of my fabric and yarn stash last winter which coincided with my unexpected need to stitch. The rediscovery of my old tapestries and their delightfully  impressionistic undersides was a new series in the making.

Running stitch, a favourite, blends simply and with rhythm, the less used side of each fabric, changing its character. It is a very mindful stitch and over the long winter evenings samplers and variations evolved.

Meditation stitch panels were the first to be, then the massing of 48 sample cards as the possibilities of stitch became apparent. Bigger samplers allowed for design adventure and these have become vertical books in three chapters.

Finally, it was a natural progression to incorporate all this discovery into my leather bags. A massing of running stitch in the side gussets and a cameo of intuitive stitch on the fronts. Australian leathers and Australian wools are my first choice of materials with a zero waste approach in my designing.

So what a useful tidy up it was. All those materials now creative new usable objects."

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