Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild

An evening with Stitchbirdie

Last night our guild along with our friends in the Glasgow MQG were treated to a talk by the talented Lorna Reid, otherwise known as Stitchbirdie. Check her out on Instagram to see just how talented she is (and also that she has a cat, which means she is undoubtedly a good person)

 Despite not having given many talks before she gave us a fascinating tour of her creative life, from high end swimwear designer, to running a studio/shop in West Kilbride and then to her year taking part in the Stitchstories: 52 postcards, where a group of creatives each made a postcard-sized artwork every week for the whole of 2019. 

The original 52 stitched stories originated in Arran with Fiona Doubleday. Ange Sewell of Weft Blown brought it to West Kilbride where it is known simply as 52 Stories. Not only did we get to see all the postcards but we got an insight into the design process and construction of each of them. The detail and precision are incredible.

Below are some examples-

 
And just to show off a bit, this image on the left shows our attempts to produce some embellished paisley designs in a class we did with Lorna (where we were all in the same room-remember that?)

 

Get a hold of this fabulous woman and book her to do a talk for your guild. We’re trying to persuade her to do some online classes too, so we can try some of the techniques we have now heard about!

Thanks for a wonderful evening Lorna.

NB she did once design a jumper for Pringle which was worn by Nick Faldo but please don't hold that against her......

 

Images used here are copyright of Lorna Reid. Please don’t use without her permission