A GOOD AGE
Memory Cloth Circle's annual show
October 1-30
It started as Ageism a year ago
& has evolved to a celebration of all aspects of aging.*
*Also known as LIVING.
Gallery Night Reception
The Raging Grannies will come and sing at 6 pm
October 4
5-9 pm
Stitch-In
Monday 10/14 2-4 pm
Join us and embroider
All supplies provided
all at
BLUE BAR QUILTS
6333 University Avenue
Middleton, WI
IN APPRECIATION
Memory Cloth Circle
October 1 – 30 2022
We are sharing our memories of appreciation, gratitude, caring and love. There’s so much good in our lives and the world. What you pay attention to, strengthens. These artworks and stories will remind you of those who matter to you, those who made your life better.
Let’s say thank you more and as Ann’s car says “Be Kind.”
The Memory Cloth Circle began at Lakeside Coffee House in 2013. Each week people gathered to tell stories and embroider memories. The group was inspired by Amazwi Abesifazane, Voices of Women, in South Africa. Those courageous women began making Memory Cloths to tell their stories of Apartheid; they asked us to share their healing process in the U.S. We honor them in our work choosing our own stories and messages.
The Circle participants, buoyed by the group’s energy and creativity continue to meet weekly. Today the Memory Cloth Circle brings together 20+ professional and non-professional women artists from various backgrounds. All enjoy sharing ideas, resources and stories in stitches using vintage and repurposed fabrics through embroidery, applique, collage, knitting, crochet, and mixed media.
Since the pandemic we have met in-person biweekly alternating with zoom.
We we are delighted that this has allowed participation to include members in Oregon, Texas, and Tanzania.
Facebook MemoryClothsCircle
http://makingmemorycloths.blogspot.com
Amazwi Abesifazane [Voices of Women]
http://www.amazwi-voicesofwomen.com/archives
Joyce Carey
BLUE TAIL FLY
My husband was a fiddler.
He gave me an appreciation for American folk music.
That, together with my love of all things “bug” is the inspiration
for the Blue Tail Fly.
Laurie Friedman
SYLVIA
Leslee Nelson
INSPIRING WOMEN – AUNT MAE
Materials: Vintage hanky, embroidery floss
Starting when I was 10 I got to visit my Aunt Mae in Racine
for a week each summer. We would bake cookies and
she taught me to sew with her treadle sewing machine.
There was a huge section of Lilies of the Valley next to
her house. She crocheted tiny high heels with variegated
thread in a lace pattern. She wore colorful fake pearl
necklaces with matching earrings for dress up.
Suzy Roth
"STITCHERHOOD"
Materials: Hand dyed threads by Leslee Nelson
Sharpie dyed fabric
14"x 21"
My piece celebrates the creative exuberance that
flows from the Memory Cloth Circle.
