For centuries women have used cloth as a tool of comfort and as an expression of beauty within their homes. Creating cloth for warmth, cloth for shelter, our female predecessors embellished these linens with hand stitch using laborious and time consuming techniques thereby enhancing the functional beauty of objects which enveloped and protected their families. Inspired by these women I hope my creations pay tribute to and recognise the devotion expressed in cloth by our female ancestors .
''the use of traditional often time consuming process alludes to the devotion of a mother''. c K. A. Ruane 2007
16 comments:
wow. really nice!
Not you!
Stop grovelling. I shouldn't have even said it.You have commented and replied.
When you drop a pebble in the cyber pool you don't realise how far the ripples spread.
Thank you!
As always it's lovely visiting your blog. Those transfers are gorgeous. I love how they are just fragments and off-centre. Such a lovely combination.
Hello Karen,
Looks like you have been very busy, I do think the transfers work so well in the circles.
It's like looking through keyholes.
Lovely work.xx
There is something about an embroidery transfer that has a wonder graphic quality, it's a sort of art form all of it's own, though I think perhaps the art form is how you use them and beautifully so in this case Karen.
The last picture is my favourite; a little colour but still peaceful.
mmm... the transfers work better than I would have imagined :-)Lucky t=you, going to Sweden...enjoy.
You have worked so quick or did you hide all this work when I saw you. It looks calm and peaceful. well done
Beautiful as always. The transfers look great. It is you touch that makes them so. YOu do such wonderful work!
Your work is alwys so very beautiful! I don´t know how you have time to so so much lovley things! Don´t be sorry for not blogghopping so much, it´s take time..........read blogs when you need inspiration! I hope you have a lovely visit in my country !!!
The transfers work really well. Love the blue and white.
The transfers are just as intriguing peeping through as the embroidery. Like the green and the blue you have used for the seeding
I like the transfers too, will they vary in intensity as you iron more images off? I can see these in a very serene setting and was wondering if you had thought of doing a wheeto series for families ;0)
This is wonderful
Well done
Me again
I just looked at your stuff on the makey do blog and it looks amazing on that grey background.
Beautiful!!! Where do you get all this inspiration from???
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