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of the StitchHaving enjoyed my visit to Art of the Stitch enormously, I was interested to read Polly Leonard's review. While agreeing with her disappointment over the few illustrations in the catalogue, I feel indignant that she observes that there was 'a predominance of lightweight subject matter, the blight of many embroiderers'. Why lightweight should be a blight I do not understand.
For me, this exhibition was so enjoyable because there was much more humour in it than one often finds in embroidery. Gillian Ann Elliott's 'Here comes the Bride' was spot on with her portrayal of characters, as were both Ann Lis Kruger's pieces, which had me chuckling out loud. The detail in Paddy Killer's 'Life Begins at Fifty' and the catalogue text for Cindy Hickok's piece 'Sofa Art' were brilliant. Was the subject matter of these pieces lightweight, so are they a 'blight'? Sensitively observed and carefully executed pieces of work these. Maybe they are not among the works that Polly Leonard had in mind but, for me, they lifted the exhibition out of the norm.
Angela Haigh, Sherborne, Dorset