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Patch by Diana
I have created a small applique patchwork to represent the connections between my 8 other sewing friends in South Devon. We meet regularly in each others houses to work on our own textile projects and sometimes work collaboratively for a larger project (eg making quilts to be used by the charity Grow for Good at their premises in Sparkwell) or learn from each other a new technique. We knit, we sew, we chat, we laugh, we sometimes cry and we always support and encourage each other. We inspire by our own work or by sharing experiences and other textiles seen around the world. My piece is constructed from scraps from a number of people, some no longer sewing or even alive. I enjoyed re-purposing even tiny 'crumbs', layering and embroidering. Little is wasted. Some seemingly insignificant scrap can find its place to lift the composition. The overlapping, continuous circles are simple and individual but sewn together they complement each other so as to become part of the bigger picture. Much as we are in life.