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
21 comments:
You think with your hands!! :)
It's looking so fresh and wonderful...just the antidote to this weather!! XXO-
N-i-c-e. That is very nice, very very nice indeed. xxx
wow! Perfect for chasing away the winter blues
Only one word needed Beautiful!
love the way you mix the cloth colors and delicious embroidery colors and stitches.
This is wonderful. It make me think of Spring! and I'm so needed of Spring...
Those colours are fabulous!
x
Ooh lovely colours - remind me of Dolly Mixtures. But then, most things remind me of sweets x
Happy thoughts I hope.
Hi Karen - so lovely to see your work this morning. Gilly
it looks like spring has sprung under your needle!
That is just so pretty... just the colours we need in January.
beautiful embroidery Karen:-)
How lovely. You always inspire me with all of your light and lovely colors and awesome work.
It looks so fresh...like springtime.
I love it.
Maria
Hi Karen, Happy New Year! What a busy little blogger you have been since 2011 started. I enjoyed looking through your sketch books, seeing how they inspired your stitching, and this post with its gorgeous, fresh, ice cream colours is gorgeous!
Janice. x
wow
Very cheery. Delicious colours (like gelato) and gorgeous stitching. Who'd know it's winter over there!
Jacky xox
I love the cheery colours, they remind me of Spring.
After all the miserable weather here for the last few days, these colours were just what I needed to cheer me up!
Just came back to take a second look at this beautiful piece of embroidery.
Maria
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