It’s the first meeting of the new year. I don’t plan the session apart from the wish to have a catch up and see how everyone is faring in their research. I bring in a pile of fabric from the natural dye session, that people can use if they wish.
I also have to discuss the exhibition we have been working towards as its become apparent that the space we were to have it is no longer available on the terms I had originally agreed. In order to carry out my research plans as outlined to my participants in my collaborative research methodology, I will have to look for another space where all our work can be shown together.
Chris has finished this apple embroidery. Her notebooks showing her research into Bodenham and its orchards are a delight. It seems that apple varieties are very much tied to place in Herefordshire, which I had not appreciated before.
A found tablecloth from a charity shop has been brought in and we look at the folkloric characters embroidered on it, including a mermaid and a dragon.
The Stitched Atlas 