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The Forthline Project - enjoy our completed art work

We are delighted to have such great support for this creative project, and have enjoyed seeing it come together as artists, crafters and enthusiasts of every kind shared their squares with us. We hope you will also enjoy the final artwork.

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Edinburgh squares

A walk with friends along that section of the John Muir Way was the initial inspiration and Fiona wanted to feature John Muir's writing. She and her daughter love the maps that you find at the beginning of books, that shaped the creation of the square. With her daughter, Isobel, Fiona dyed the land with tea and coffee and the Forth with thinned down fabric paint in spray bottles. She then embroidered the detail on to the square. The compass was printed with fabric paint. Fiona is the manager of a pottery studio, Potter Around, which offers potter's wheel and ceramic painting. She has always enjoyed craft and creating. She tends to work most with clay these days but loves the relaxing flow of embroidery. — Square 1 - Fiona Hendrie

Jo often starts her day with an early morning walk along the coastline at Blackness and into the woodlands at Hopetoun. It's very quiet then and she feels so calm amongst the trees or along the beach. Her piece reflects both environments along with some of the birds she sees. Cotton and linen fabrics from her quilting stash along with wool mix felt. Threads used were all made by Aurifil with cotton threads for the applique and wool thread for the bird embroideries and hand stitching embellishment. Jo is a quilt and embroidery designer, maker and teacher, living close to Blackness Castle, along the Forth. She is the author of New Patchwork and Quilting Basics and Modern Crewel Embroidery. Her work is inspired by the nature around her, especially trees and birds. — Square 2 - Jo Avery

This is a raised beach area with interesting rocks and many oyster shells. The primroses were blooming and the woodpeckers busy drumming in the trees.. Cyclists were enjoying the road, part of the John Muir Way. Across the water were the Fred Olsen cruiseliners berthed for lockdown at Rosyth. The sea is hand made felt painted with dilute PVA. Boudicca, the last Frd Olsen ship Dorothy was on to St Helena is inkjet printed. The rocks are 100 year old trimmings from her late grandmother's treasures. Coloured beads represent the inevitable man made debris on the shore. Dorothy enrolled for a City and Guilds embroidery course in 1981. It changed her life. She is a life member of the Embroiderers Guild and her local branch is now an independent stitch group. Edinburgh Stitch and Textile Arts (Esta). — Square 3 - Dorothy Morrison

This square is mostly sea, with a tiny bit of land, near Society Point, near Hopetoun House. Looking out at the sea, which was quite wavy that day, I imagined the sea bed as it might be now, fairly barren and how it might change with the introduction of a few more growing things, becoming less and less regular, providing niches and possibilities for small things to shelter and grow, which in turn would provide for other creatures and so on. Saskia lives in Edinburgh between hill and sea, and looks out over it every day. She is not so familiar with the coast as with the hill, but in the past year has started dipping, so has become more aware and interested in the sea’s state. — Square 4 - Saskia Gavin

Kristen took a trip with her kids to the spot where her square is (under the new forth crossing) and she was struck by the choppy waters and the juxtaposition of the less than affluent housing and the hobby activities available on the waterfront for the more affluent. The water is scraps of 3 pairs of denim jeans (one green denim) leftover from upcycled denim quilts. The kayak is regular quilting cotton as are the paddles and the jetty. Kristen used pre-set decorative stitches for the water and free motion quilting style stitching for the brown threaded areas. Kristen is a Mum of two living in Edinburgh. She is a small business owner and also a Blogger focusing on upcycling (www.upcyclemystuff.com). She learned to sew by hand as a child but lockdown resulted in her picking up quilting & sewing in a serious way! It's an addiction! — Square 5 - Kristen Hubert

This square depicts the coastline from Port Edgar (boats and anchors) eastwards including the Forth Road Bridge. There is very little land on this square. Marysia was able to go to South Queensferry and visit her area, climb on to the bridge and take many photos. The square has a quilting fabric background with painted decovil shapes applied. The central section depicts waves made by ‘crashing’ and painting organza. The painted fish were also made from decovil as were the die cut letters pointing north to Fife and east to Edinburgh. Marysia is Edinburgh based, City and Guilds trained, and she dabbles in textile art of all kinds, and mixed media. She enjoys both hand and machine embroidery. She is a member of ESTA (Edinburgh Stitch and Textile Art) and Milton Quilters and regularly exhibits with these groups. — Square 6 - Marysia Holmes

Society point was a popular bathing spot in the mid 19th century as well as now inspiring 'Seurat' bathers, and the shoreline has wonderful geological features ranging from the ice age - ripples of sandstone - to the search for oil shale. The deciduous forest inspired the rest. Karen tie-dyed the majority of the fabric with teabags for texture, painted features using fabric paints directly on the square as well as extra calico pieces. She did a little embroidery, adding heavier fabric to note the sandstone, with a few button embellishments to add some sparkle. Karen runs a ceramic painting and pottery studio in Kirknewton where they also run art classes. Having gone to art school in Shrewsbury a million year ago, she then switched to English literature and journalism for many years but ultimately came back to art - her true love! — Square 7 - Karen Murray

The stunning Queensferry Crossing had to feature somehow, but Pat’s research uncovered that the archaeological work done prior to construction uncovered the earliest known domestic houses in mainland Scotland from the Mesolithic period, which provide evidence of the exploitation of the Forth coastline some 10,000 years ago. Pat used an old rusted napkin for the “Mesolithic Site”. She hand dyed organdie for the blue sky and vegan banana yarn for the bridge cables. Found pottery is held in place by scrim and some little sparkly bits are hidden behind the organdie to reflect the shimmering Scottish sky to complete the picture. Pat loves stitching and is part of a group of mixed media artists called “Indigo Tracks”. She also likes to incorporate paper in her work and make books which often include some stitching too. Last year she took part in "100DAYSPROJECTSCOTLAND" and hopes to again this year. — Square 8 - Pat Swan

Over the past year, exploring cycle Edinburgh paths, one of Margaret’s favourites has been Route 1 to South Queensferry, so chose Panel 9. Researching history of the 11th Century Queen Margaret Ferry (The Binks), Port Edgar, The now derelict Naval Base and The Priory Church have been fascinating. Discovering a Cherry Tree in full bloom on the North side of The Priory Church, and having recently completed an online embroidery course with Lorna Reid of Stitchbirdie, she decided to embroider the panel. The Cherry tree used 6 different shades of pink. French knots are incredibly labour intensive! Worked as a designer, scenic artist, prop maker within Theatre and Exhibition Design. Currently Part-time Technical Theatre Lecturer. Inspired by a Millinery course 20 years ago, continued exploring textiles through City and Guilds courses such as Machine Embroidery and Creative Sketchbooks. A member of the Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild. — Square 9 - Margaret Burgess

The Forth Bridge is fantastic piece of engineering. Its shapes and colour have dominated the area for well over a century. The jellyfish and seals Madeleine has seen here, the history of the Hawes Inn and personal memories of the car ferry couldn't compete with the bridge. The sea is made from a cyanotype print on cotton muslin and the land is printed in two colours of random spot stamping. Archive photographs and documents were digitally printed onto silk and attached by hand. The bridge itself is picked out in red woolen yarn. Madeleine is an Edinburgh-based textile artist with a background in mathematics and life sciences and an interest in science fiction. At the moment her main practice is data inspired machine knitting but she also makes felt and sews. She loves working on collaborative projects that bring all her interests together. — Square 10 - Madeleine Shepherd

Soraya is a member of a walking group in South Queensferry so walks this area frequently but a mud walk they went on at Long Craigs was at the foremost of her mind. Seeing crabs and enormous jelly fish and hearing the sound of the birds in the woods. She used painted bondaweb ironed on to calico to create the sandy background and for the crab, which is trapunto quilted. Painted and distressed lutrador for the sea with wool couched for the shoreline. The birds are painted and hand stitched on vilene. Wood, dyed scrim. Appliqué felt footsteps. Soraya went back to college after having children to study a BTECH in Art, followed by Foundation and then an HNC in Contemporary Art. She joined the Linlithgow Embroiderer’s guild and then the Edinburgh branch as well to keep up her textile skills and to inspire her. — Square 11 - Soraya Young

Square 12 - Sarah Knox

Square 13 - Alan Brown

Square 14 - Kathryn Bailey

Square 15 - Marianne Kellett

Square 16 - Jennie Loudon

Square 17 - Karen Chambers

Square 18 - Leona Thomas

Square 19 - Ali Webster

Square 20 - Rosslyn Clowe

Square 21 - Jay Kirkland

Square 22 - Natalie Wingate

Square 23 - Karen Chambers

Square 24 - Kirsty Lynch

Square 25 - Tanya Bolton — Square 25 - Colin, Christa, Vari, Katy, Phillipa, Sandra, Amy, Susie & Tanya

Square 26 - Ian Marshall

Square 27 - Anabel Cano

Square 28 - Sharon May Black

Square 29 - Nathalie Cortada

Square 30 - Elise Gibbons

Square 31 - Judith Anderson

Square 32 - Jill Cameron

Square 33 - Saskia Gavin

Square 34 - Jennie Loudon

Square 35 - Elaine Wallace

Square 36 - Jay Kirkland

Square 37 - Nicky Sanderson

Square 38 - Mary Walters

Square 39 - Elma McLaren

Square 40 - Ursula Wright

Square 41 - Lesley Reid

Square 42 - Donald Scott

Square 43 - Kathleen Wilson

Square 44 - Tracy Burgess

Square 45 - Jude Nixon

Square 46 - Sally Cross

Square 47 - Morag Edward

Square 48 - Julia Muszynski

Square 49 - Jenny Haslam

Square 50 - Vivienne Swan

Square 51 - Garvald Textiles

Square 52 - Leslie Chapman

Square 53 - Garvald Textiles

Square 54 - Garvald Textiles

Square 55 - Sam Banister

Square 56 - Sheila McDonald

Square 57 - Colette Murphy

Square 58 - Gillian Sandilands

Square 59 - Margaret Studley

Square 60 - Frea Webster

Square 61 - Maggie Le May

Square 62 - Maureen Shepherd

Square 63 - Liza Green

Square 64 - Janet Kilkerr

Square 65 - Nathalie Cortada.

Square 66 - Annie Milazzo

Square 67 - Sonia Wilson

Square 68 - Jennie Loudon

Square 69 - Judith Batson

Square 70 - Juliet Flockhart

Square 71 - Suzanne Trew

Square 72 - Teresa Scott

Square 73 - Louise Shields

Square 74 - Janet Shepherd

Square 75 - Anabel Cano

Square 76 - Jenny Findlay

Square 77 - Maggie Morrison

Square 78 - Nicky Sanderson

Square 79 - Susan McEwan

Square 80 - Sue Reynolds

Square 81 - Wendy Irvine

Square 82 - Julia Dunbar

Square 83 - Pamela Veale

Square 84 - Joanna Maguire

Square 85 - Ali Webster

Square 86 - Leonie Alexander

Square 87 - Jo McNamara

Square 88 - Sitar Rose

Square 89 - Jay Kirkland

Square 90 - Susan Prior

Fife squares

Square F1 - Anne Bradbury

Square F2 - Barbara Wade

Square F3 - Barbara Wade

Square F4 - Susan Masson

Square F5 - Carol Jamieson

Square F6 - Hazel Terry

Square F7 - Ana Cristina Morais

Square F8 - Catherine Chisholm

Square F9 - Kat Husbands

Square F10 - Anna V Phillips

Square F11 - Ana McCormick

Square F12 - Linda McDermid

Square F13 - Alison Mayne

Square F14 - Susan Masson

Square F15 - Lesley Ratky

Square F16 - Barbara Seel

Square F17 - Brenda Silvester

Square F18 - Debi Mills

Square F19 - Susan Morton

Square F20 - Maggie Matthews

Square F21 - Winifred Hodge

Square F22 - Sally Seymour

Square F23 - Louise Hodkinson

Square F24 - Lena James

Square F25 - Lauren Connor

Square F26 - Laura Graham

Square F27 - Georgina Ord

Square F28 - Sarah Bartlett

Square F29 - Maggie Bartlett

Square F30 - Maggie Bartlett

Square F31 - Margaret Studley

Square F32 - Nathalie Cortada

Square F33 - Kath Jackson

Square F34 - Emma Peat

Square F35 - Lorna Reid

Square F36 - Teresa Fraser

Square F37 - Cathlene Eland

Square F38 - Deryn Eland-Forth

Square F39 - Claire Methven

Square F40 - Julia Laing

Square F41 - Teresa Fraser

Square F42 - Teresa Fraser

Square F43 - Rosslyn Clowe

Square F44 - Hazel Terry

Square F45 - Sarah Adams

Square F46 - Sarah Sawyers

Square F47 - Eilidh Sawyers

Square F48 - Liza Green

Square F49 - Lorna Bocquet

Square F50 - Amy Lowson

Square F52 - Alexandra Bell

Square F54 - Louise Hodkinson

Square F55 - Laura Coventry

Square F56 - Eilidh Munro

Square F57 - Madeleine Harding & Diana Kerr

Square F58 - Briar Smith

Square F59 - Sally Donaldson

Square F60 - Catriona Donaldson

Square F61 - Julia Muszynski

Square F62 - Fiona Hendrie

Square F63 - Jay Kirkland

Square F64 - Norma Allan

Square F65 - Emma Boyd

Square F66 - Jennie Loudon

Square F67 - Ana Mccormick

Square F68 - Alison Marshall

Square F69 - Gill Morrison

Square F70 - Jay Kirkland

Square F71 - Lorna Field

Square F72 - Jennifer Greaves

Square F73 - Chris Davidson

Square F74 - Ann Robertson

Square F75 - Diana Allan

Square F76 - Liza Green

Square F77 - Catriona Brown

Square F78 - Katie Spence

Square F79 - Emma E Boyd

Square F80 - Gillian Mapstone

Square F81 - Caroline Lennon

Square F82 - Maria del Mar Carmena de la Cruz

Square F83 - Angela Mehlert

Square F84 - Shirley Black

Square F85 - Louise Cunningham

Square F86 - Fiona Maher

Square F87 - Philippa Mitchell

Square F88 - Judith Heald

Square F89 - Christine Sinclair

Square F90 - Leonie MacMillan

Square F91 - Susan McNaughton

Square F92 - Sarah Renilson

Square F93 - Lorna Field

Square F94 - Kathleen Wilson

Square F95 - Philippa Mitchell

Square F96 - Saskia Gavin

Learn about the inspiration for each square in our little books

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Edinburgh & East Lothian

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Edinburgh Shoreline is an exciting, community centred initiative celebrating the city’s 27km coastline, and around the rest of the Forth.

We are rediscovering its fascinating and often unknown history and the rich plant and animal life that survives against the odds in unexpected places, and inspiring people to explore their coast and take responsibility for its future health.

We are very grateful to our current partners and funders

We are very grateful to have been supported and funded so well in the past.

Edinburgh Shoreline Project SCIO, SC051070

Registered charity from 22 June 2021

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