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Craft Quilt  

The Craft Quilt is a patchwork quilt Involving many subjects that I would later refine into Mourning Craft. It displays various subjects and eras of UK textile crafts and different craft techniques. The quilts patches range from examples of Knit from a fine gauge knitting machine to symbolic embroideries exploring the connection between Craftswomen and lace. One shirt is an embroidery featured on one of the patches. It has cutwork lace along the top and middle of the design. The embroidery was inspired by my research into the history of lace and the women who practised it. watercolour alongside embroidery. The patch summarises my research into the beliefs of William Morris and the practices of the arts and crafts movement. The dream state movement was a creative exercise that took place in 2020. The movement involved creating designs from a series of patterns objects and words. My response was included in the quilt because of the movement’s connections to textiles crafts. Although much of the quilt is made up of embroidered patches I also made more traditional patchwork squares while I was looking into the history of quilt and patchwork. The other techniques used was smocking and fi ne gauge knit. Still staying at home is influenced by Opus Anglicanum. The 4th of July 2020 was when the government in the UK reopened the high streets during the Covid-19 pandemic, the movement was widely criticised by the press.