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, November 29, 2025

Pieces of a wrapping cloth.

 

A new panel for an old wrapping cloth.

I say old, maybe I should say unfinished.

This piece has been a very slow burner.

A new panel was pieced in class earlier this week with pleated cloth, a little vintage scrap and a piece of very old handkerchief. Surface embroidery is now in progress. 

There will be stab stitch, bullion knots and almost certainly French knots. 

3 comments:

Christine Barnes said...

I love all those patterns together... dizzyingly beautiful!

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Reminds me of a colourful garden and a welcome sight as we gaze outside at the dreaded snow.

Rachel said...

Thing is, pieces are finished when they want to be finished...!