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







Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Ledgers.....


Just a little peek for you today at what we are up to in the ledger class. The flickr group is filling up fast so if you want to see just pop over here.
Embroidery wise...my final section is finished. I still need to damp stretch that and then it's all systems go to backing my latest wrapping cloth. I get excited at this stage..well I am always excited about my work but it's a different excitement when something is nearing completion. My plan is to show you that tomorrow so fingers crossed for good light...rain rain go away!!

10 comments:

Donna said...

This looks really lovely and great fun! Loving all the other work on the link to Flickr too.

deanna7trees said...

working on my second page today. will try to use the limited watercolors that i have.

henrietta (aka ani aka zani) said...

when we were little in leicester we sang, "it's pouring it's pouring, the old man is snoring...went to bed with a bump on his head and couldn't get up in the morning." do kids still sing that.

Suztats said...

I used to sing that as a child in Canada! Haven't heard it in donkies.
A great reference tool, Karen.

Tammie Lee said...

that looks amazing. i bet there are some ah ha moments while making something like this.

Joanna said...

That piece brings back memories of my time doing my embroidery course. I would love to spend some time doing some more but gardens call

Rachel said...

I second that comment about the rain! You manage to make great progress in spite of the weather, though!

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Rain is just a good excuse to spend more time stitching...isn't it?

Jeannie said...

Gorgeous!!! Simply gorgeous! Your students are doing you proud. Their inspiration and ledger pages are beautiful. I do hope you will offering this again. ;) Wishing you a beautiful weekend.

JP said...

Karen this course looks fantastic - hope to do it next time - well done - we need to meet for coffeee sometime soon!!!