Slipstitch

Slipstitching is a hand-sewing technique used to create a row of invisible stitches for enclosing the raw edges of quilts and garments. In this pamphlet of poetry, prose and collage by Nina Mingya Powles, stitching becomes a medium for poetry and patchwork becomes a method of layering the textures and colours of memories. Drawing on a patchwork quilt sewn by the poet's grandfather before she was born, Slipstitch is a poetic sequence exploring cloth, handwork and inheritance.