The Liverpool Tapestry:
People, Places and Passions
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Alice is a member of the Merseyside Branch of the Young
Embroiderers, the junior branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild,
whose ages range from 7 - 17. The group had taken part as one
of their projects, and came along to one of the regular workshops
so that they could see all the other pieces.
“
I went to Holly Lodge High School in Liverpool with Elsie
Watkins (Tapestry designer) and we have been friends ever since.”
When the Tapestry project started, she asked me would I like to take
part. I have never done anything like this in my life. My only skill
with a needle is sewing a button on – so this was completely new to
me.
The Superlambanana symbolises for me my growing up in Liverpool
in the Sixties with the Beatles, and is iconic to our great City. My
piece is wearing pieces of Holly Lodge uniform – reminding me
of my Holly Lodge friends and happy times past and present. The
piece is a link between Liverpool, our home city, and the friendship
spanning the years from school to the present day.
I haven’t produced a work of art but hugely enjoyed stitching with
my friends and making many new ones – laughing, chatting and
enjoying every minute.”
Superlambanana
Designed and stitched by Alice Edgerton
Holly Lodge Superlambanana
Designed and stitched by Pam Edmunds