Thanks to everyone who took part in Shane Waltener’s installation ‘Stitching Revolutions – Stitching Circle #1′. Over the four days of the show the work, created by visitors to the exhibition, grew to fill the supporting frame.  If you missed it you can see images of the work as it grew on flickr here and there are videos from Thursday, Friday and the final result on Sunday on You Tube (watch them below or link here).

Day one – Thursday

Day two – Friday

Day four – Sunday

One piece of work travelled through six machines at the same time. Sewers could alter the work as it travelled through their machine, adding material, changing shape or removing it as they wished. Participants had to work together to negotiate the pace of work. Over the four days the stitched fabric grew to make a canopy on the wooden structure overhead. The fabric was either charity shop rejects or donated by participants.

We learnt the merits of overlocking machines and many people tried one for the first time. The machines stood up well to four days of continued use and we had great support from Irene who came all the way from Husqvarna Viking in Finland to help us.

Shane has rolled up the work and taken it away to consider what to do with the results of the four days. A lot of peole asked about this so we’ll keep you posted with what happens to all your work next.

It was great to meet new people and old friends – Mr X Stitch, Cloth magazine, Amy Twigger-Holroyd, Sew Hip, Mrs Smith, Craft Guerilla.