Chapter 10: Piecing

I did the paper exercises, cutting a strip of black and white papers in different ways to produce ever more intricate patterns

 

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I then tried the challenge - to take a strip each of black and white fabric, cut, cut and cut again, piecing them together each time until my sewing machine could take no more. Actually, in the end, it was I who could take no more. 

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This piece of stitching is, without doubt, the ugliest ever to come from my hands and I hated every moment of its production. I eventually gave up on it, and was very surprised by how frustrated and irritable it had made me feel.