Tuesdays With Grandma

Free-motion stitching with cotton thread on hospital bed pads

Image Descriptions:

Image 1: A detail of the machine-stitched bed pad, with the days of the week stitched in copper thread, words running together. In between two of the days of the week is stitched, “hey sugar”. That phrase is stitched multiple times, bolded with thread.

Image 2: Full shot of all three pads tacked onto the wall. The bed pads are a white cotton material with mint-green plastic backing that is visible along the outer 1 - 1.5 inches of the bed pad.

Image 3: Full shot of one bed pad pinned to the gallery wall.

Image 4: A detail of the machine-stitched bed pad, with the days of the week stitched in copper thread, words running together. In between two of the days of the week is stitched, “I want to go home”. That phrase is stitched multiple times, bolded with thread.

photographs (c) Cliff Hollis