The Final Sew

By Hannah Brown
Feb 22, 2017
2 min read

I attended the What I Like exhibition previously in the week to check out and photograph Molly Goddard’s tulle dresses with all its unique public embroidery on it, initially for my unit work at university however I got way more into it than I had first expected. You can find the article I wrote about it just over on my earlier feeds. Or click here :) While I was leaving the gallery I picked up a leaflet that was promoting ‘The Final Sew’ which embarks the last day of the exhibition’s 3-month stance. The dresses will be lowered and put into boxes as the end of it all.

Thankfully I wasn’t very busy that evening so I could attend and I was so glad I did! The free event was on Wednesday evening 6-9pm with resident DJ’s blasting out banging tunes, just the right thing you’d want while your sipping you your white wine, thinking of what to sew onto the dress next. I arrived with my sister Lauren, and unexpectedly bumped into my friend, Elizabeth, and we truly enjoyed the whole evening – chatting, giggling, and choosing the threads and stitching away. The event started to attract more and more people as the evening went on, encouraging the crafty public to sew their final stamp onto the, now, very full dresses. Molly arrive, casually walking around taking it all in before, ceremoniously levering the dresses down into the boxes. Jemima Burrill, one of the curators for NOW Gallery, was hands on throughout the evening helping putting the dresses in the boxes which was lovely to watch. Sarah Edwards was the woman in hand who designed the perfect exhibition space for Molly’s dress to be shown in the best possible way. I’m so thankful to have taken part in this exhibition in much more than a ‘sit back and watch’ way. The exhibition was all about interactivity between the exhibitor and the public who chose to come and be a part of the event which enabled people to show their own crafty imagination however, big or small!

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‘People may sew over or work with others’ embroideries to create intricate bold and incredibly varied embroidered dresses, so they become a living thing changing daily.’ – Molly Goddard via NOW Gallery website.