posting a pinny

a couple of weeks ago i spent a day with connie flynn and a few other stitchers - it was a workshop but felt more like a group of friends getting together to share stories and stitch a bit - we were in the gallery at courtyard arts, surrounded by connie's exhibition

inspired by connie's series of aprons we each started on a pinny of our own, adding stitch, memories and treasures

mine is turning into a "doiley maker's pinny" to honour and preserve work by other stitchers - it will include rescued needlework by a variety of stitchers with added stitch by me

like many other stitchers i seem to collect odd scraps and vintage stitching, mainly in admiration of the hours of work put in by unknown stitchers or family members - this pinny will be my way of bringing some together as part of a wearable work - 

  

pinnys are familiar objects, worn by many women now and in the past - at school many girls made aprons to wear in domestic science, as it was called during my school days - mine was my first item stitched with a sewing machine, although we all had to add our own embroidery as embellishment

very much a work-in-progress at the moment