With the use of a sewing machine and free motion foot (and by hand with a sewing needle), sometimes I use thread for my daily drawings. Yarn offers texture, colour and dimension—and as a medium, it has its own personality. Here, stitchery is the drawing, and the three-panel composition suggests a visual narrative — it's presented as a triptych, and the viewer sees a quilt (interesting to look at, and can be pulled down from the wall for comfort and warmth).
The middle panel is the largest, flanked by two smaller ones with colourfully patterned polygon shapes. Drawn and connected with thread, are some circle shapes and clusters of curved and straight lines. The appliquéd hand-knit pieces are sculptural, and the textural elements include bundles of cut thread and an embroidered swatch of Toile de Jouy fabric (with a playful poke at its bucolic setting and the art historical). The thread lines seen on the back of the quilt, show the improvised quality of the stitched marks, and reveal more about the process of making it.
The middle panel is the largest, flanked by two smaller ones with colourfully patterned polygon shapes. Drawn and connected with thread, are some circle shapes and clusters of curved and straight lines. The appliquéd hand-knit pieces are sculptural, and the textural elements include bundles of cut thread and an embroidered swatch of Toile de Jouy fabric (with a playful poke at its bucolic setting and the art historical). The thread lines seen on the back of the quilt, show the improvised quality of the stitched marks, and reveal more about the process of making it.