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| 'working hard to mend a life' : Christine Kelly |
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like to use vintage and salvaged fabric and threads in all the things I
make, their stains and history are part of the pleasure of using them. I
was inspired to stitch this piece in order to include some treasured
scraps of mending, a piece of cotton lace from a flea market with
impossibly tiny darning stitches, a scrap of chiffon from a vintage
blouse with an ingenious zig zag mend.
I stitch to relax and feel calm and to express what I’m feeling. The
continuous running stitches have their purpose in holding together the
shredded, and almost disintegrated, cream silk from a Victorian skirt,
as well as calming my mind. All the scraps have their stories to tell
and I put them together to tell mine
Christine
Nothing could be more pleasing and satisfying than to work on these fabrics in our "throw away" world we live in today. Bring back the time worn, cherished cloth of yesterday and hope it will be here tomorrow!
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What a beautiful piece.
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ReplyDeletehow funny to see this after my own stitiching adventure..
it looks calming too..
such beautiful and soothing work.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! I love the idea of "mending a life" in this work. So beautiful. Now, I guess I must head over to Grrl + dog.
ReplyDeleteLovely slow stitching on found fabrics here. Thanks for your comment.
ReplyDeletethis is so beautiful!
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lovely work! I love to stitch and mend. I especially like to mend antique lace and handiwork. I want to preserve them for the future. Also handwork is Zen-like for me.
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