A past life — YorkStitcher

I can be found mostly stitching, or thinking about stitching!

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Chuffed to see my quilt, Uprooted, in the new edition of The Quilter from @thequiltersguild it has recently been accepted into The Quilt Collection alongside a quilt by the esteemed @sara.impey
More about the quilt on my blog , link in bio.
#activ

Thank you to @normanreagallery for hanging my work so beautifully.
And thank you for inviting me to join the panel discussion this evening.
#displacement #textileart #activistart

Just spent a lovely day with @_artiyya @bradfordschoolofart
We learned about the importance exciting work Attiya has been up to since graduating.
Then she lead us through the process of making our first collage self portraits. It was great to see

Just delivered these three pieces to the @normanreagallery @uniofyork for their next exhibition 'Displacement' which opens on 27th November and then is open weekdays 9.00 - 17.00.
I shall be joining a panel discussion on Monday 1st December 18.30.
At

Today is Armistice Day, when we should be thinking about disarmament and no more wars. Instead the headlines over the last week or so have been about the conflict in Sudan, leading to genocide.
Who is supplying the arms?
There is evidence that some o

Responding to headlines about increased flooding risks, followed by UN warnings about the failure to stem CO2 emissions.
Social justice includes climate justice.
So as COP30 looms on the calendar this is a call for @keirstarmer to act on is words an

Trying out more ways of stitching words on a banner. JUSTICE is the key word at the centre of my manifesto and so appropriate for this trial.
Stitching from the back allows a thicker thread to be used. It also means you have to get used to mirror wr

Articles 19 and 20 of the International Declaration of Human Rights make it clear that the right to peaceful protest is a human right.
This government is following the last one in making it more and more difficult for citizens to peacefully protest.

The government is trying to reduce migrant numbers to pander to the Far Right by making it difficult for the skilled workers we need to come here.
The system will not survive without them - not just the NHS, agricultural workers, prisons .....
So the

First banner made and displayed at today’s York Unity Rally against racism and to show our support for refugees from n the City of Sanctuary.
Great speakers, including @rachael_maskell , thoughtful as always.
This is the first in what will be

Feb 1
Feb 1 Work-Life balance

Jan 18
Jan 18 Running AND Knitting AND Swimming

Jan 11
Jan 11 Knitting

Jan 1
Jan 1 New Year - old beginnings

Nov 30
Nov 30 Bleurgh

Nov 23
Nov 23 No bike

Nov 16
Nov 16 A plod :>)

Nov 2
Nov 2 Away days

Oct 24
Oct 24 Knitting club?

Oct 18
Oct 18 progress :>)

Oct 8
Oct 8 a swim at last

Sep 28
Sep 28 A misty moisty morning

Sep 7
Sep 7 The Vitruvian - a marshall's view

Aug 25
Aug 25 Where did the holiday go?

Aug 16
Aug 16 A good week

Aug 10
Aug 10 Checking in

Jul 27
Jul 27 Off on holiday .... with a bike ??????

Jul 22
Jul 22 Putting the knee right

Jul 20
Jul 20 not so good

Jul 13
Jul 13 Granada Diary