Wednesday, 22 February 2012

poetry


I used my sewing machine as a writing tool, stitching this fragment-poem of my own.

tins of buttons
so many loose thread histories
sorting the past
by colour

The words first appeared in a zine of poems and drawings titled 'quiet lives', published way back in 2009. (I'm currently working on a new poetry zine and I have a poetry notebook you might like to read, if you visit my blog you'll find it).

Stitched on naturally dyed cotton with vintage buttons, on a brown card tag.
Posted by at Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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19 comments:

  1. SusieJ22 February, 2012

    This is so very different and I love it. The stitching and words are wonderful. xx

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  2. Jane Wetzel22 February, 2012

    just incredible! WOW...LOVE this!

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  3. Texture Trail22 February, 2012

    I really like the effect of the stitched writing and the loose threads. Great tag!

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  4. Anonymous22 February, 2012

    I love your tag!

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  5. Jann22 February, 2012

    Amazing tag--love that you sewed the handwriting; that takes a lot of talent and skill!

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  6. Jann22 February, 2012

    Amazing tag--love that you sewed the handwriting; that takes a lot of talent and skill!

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  7. Diane22 February, 2012

    Great job-- I really like the placement of the buttons and stitching. Nice composition!

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  8. JaN's ArTy JouRneY22 February, 2012

    Brilliant tag...this is so clever...Love it!!
    Jan x

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  9. Unknown22 February, 2012

    This melts my heart into a pool on the floor. *smiles* Norma

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  10. Sandra's Spot22 February, 2012

    Fabulous tag and lovley words. Sandra X

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  11. Lynn Holland22 February, 2012

    Cathy you are an inspiration to us all. I simply love your work.
    Lynn x

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  12. Sharne Gregory22 February, 2012

    Would love to be able to stitch like that. A great tag.

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  13. Kim23 February, 2012

    amazing..it's brilliant! How do you manage to have such control over your stitching!

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  14. Wilma Simmons (Empress Wu Designs)23 February, 2012

    What a wonderful tag - I admire your sewing machine writing skills.

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  15. May23 February, 2012

    This is amazing, so beautiful, May x

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  16. Jen xo24 February, 2012

    gorgeous tag and words ...... wish my free motion looked as good, im practising :0 what thread do you use, it looks quite thick ?

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  17. Yvonne Moxon24 February, 2012

    I knew this was your Tag before I got to the bottom of the post Cathy its lovely! its perfect and so you

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  18. Joanna26 February, 2012

    Brilliant - both the tag and your poem. Well done!

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  19. Jane - creativity abounds26 February, 2012

    Great tag, love the buttons and loose threads. Words especially poinant as I have been sorting all my buttons out by colour, they hold powerful memories, Jane xx

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