The Liverpool Tapestry:
People, Places and Passions
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This book is dedicated to Elsie Watkins, the Tapestry
designer, my co-conspirator, and very dear friend. If
we’d only known what we were letting ourselves in
for…..!
Also grateful acknowledgements to the following people, who
contributed to the project in so many ways:
Andy Paterson, whose wonderful photographs form the basis
of this book;
Anne-Marie Hughes, the textile conservator who assembled
the Tapestry;
Martin Reece, a local photographer who kindly offered his
photographs as starting points for several of the subjects;
George Craig, Trustee of the Unitarian Church, Ullet Road,
who looked after us at all our workshops, and whose cheerful
presence and help we always appreciated;
The members of the Merseyside Branch of the Embroiderers’
Guild, who offered tuition, advice to stitchers, and maintained
a steady flow of tea and coffee for the workshops;
And finally, most importantly, Joe Morris, whose ideas,
sponsorship, unstinting support and wonderful sense of
humour have kept this project going and made it what it is.
Elsie Watkins
Sefton Park Lake
Elsie Watkins
Gill Roberts from the Merseyside Embroiderers’ Guild