Since the Mandy Patullo workshop at the wondrous Hope and Elvis studio, I have really been enjoying working with scraps of antique quilts.
There is something so therapeutic about hand stitching through those soft layers of fabric.
I worry that I will not do it justice, but hopefully I am adding another chapter to its history.
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I just Love the idea of working with something somebody long ago worked on too! Like passing the torch of love for sewing. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a brilliant way of looking at it! X
DeleteThe little girl reminds me of my childhood. Lovely work. Xx
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Sujata x
ReplyDeleteLovely! I know what you mean about stitching through those layers. If only it were easier to find scraps like that here. I second radish blossoms words.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Miss Lola, that means a lot x
DeleteThis is beautiful. I love the idea of working on top of, over and with some one else's work. It's looking at it is like a mini archeological field trip
ReplyDeleteYes, it is like that, I love it when you find fabrics underneath others and when there's fresh fabric hidden under a hem when you've unpicked it and the rest is all faded.
DeleteAm I making sense? Probably not! X