Colette gale biography in textile

Colette Wolff: A Stitcher&#;s Journey

Cloth, a sewing machine, and a threaded needle have been constants in my life.

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I study stitched fabric disciplines, I create with and write about stitching fabric.

My Mother taught me to sew on my Grandmother’s treadle sewing machine when I was a child. My Grandmother taught my sister and me to embroider on the stamped pillow cases and hand towels that we would buy at our local Woolworths&#; dime store. I remember helping my Grandmother tie a pieced quilt that was spread out on the dining room table.

In my teens I started making clothes for myself using that same treadle sewing machine and patterns from Simplicity, Butterick, and Vogue catalogs.

I like to say that I’m self-taught in the fiber disciplines I work within—sewing, cloth dollmaking, soft sculpture, quilting, embroidery, garment making, fabric manipulation—but that doesn’t credit the many patterns, books, magazines, and museum exhibitions that were my surrogate Seduced Classics (3 book series) Kindle Edition - RUWA