Gallery Title
Gallery Title
wall hanging
Accession Number NWHCM : 2013.253
Description
A wooden batten is stored with the quilt, used during the exhibition for additional weight, two cotton fabric tapes are also stored with the work which held it rolled when it was delivered.
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Quilt; hand dyed whole cloth quilt with text, machine quilted made by artist Sara Impey; 'Stitch Talk.' This work was inspired by samplers made by Lorina Bulwer and Elizabeth Parker. The whole surface of this work is covered with stitched lettering using the sewing machine and no other decorative features. The lettering is free-machine embroidered, the text was written by the artist as it was made and consists of meditations on the nature of stitch and stitched text. There are 524 words and a total of 51 lines of stitched text.
