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







Saturday, October 18, 2025

Front and back

 




Do you remember this from a few days ago?

It's finished now, tiny applique circles edged with sequined bullion knots are dotted across the piece.

It has also been damp stretched.

This will be the front cover of my latest cloth book. 

The other piece here will be the reverse of that cover.

At the moment both pieces are pinned around three sides.

Next is basting, removing pins and hand stitching these pieces together.

3 comments:

Judy Warner said...

Love the appliqué buttons

Rachel said...

Coming along very nicely!

Magpie's Mumblings said...

I'm charmed by the little row of pink flowers and the bullion loops Holding the 'balloon' strings in place.