The Spirit of Rollington in Stitches

Charlotte Fereday has been a Rollington exhibitor for the last few years and feels that there’s something magical about the way it springs up out of nowhere and becomes such a vibrant place for two weeks, and then gets packed away for another year. She has captured some of the spirit of Rollington in one large scale textile piece.

Charlotte invited everyone who passed through to sit with her for one minute to be sketched, with all the sketches being incorporated into a massive stitched wall hanging.

During the two week festival Charlotte split the time between sketching and stitching, with the intention that the piece would evolve over the festival fortnight, and be finished during the last weekend. This proved a little ambitious so the piece was completed after the festival finished.