Over the summer, Kilcoe Studio in Ballydehob, ran a series of events called The Fibre of Our Being to celebrate Cork Craft Month.
I spent a beautiful, mindful day with a group of hand sewists of varying experience, who took part in my English Paper Piecing Patchwork class. Historically, patchwork was a way to utilse small remnants of fabric that were too small to use for other things and make them into a larger piece of fabric which would be useful, such as a bed cover. All the cottons and linens were offcuts from garments I have made - you may even spot some you recognise!
The emphasis of the day was to engage the eye and hand and lose oneself in the rhythmic, meditative practice of hand sewing, to simply be in the present moment and enjoy the process.
