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







Monday, January 19, 2026

More bits and pieces.

 




In my last post I was rescuing homeless samples, adding more embellishment and joining them to create larger pieces.
 
The pieces here today live in the same cabinet.
 The needlecase and pin pillow were created in class.
 
The other two pieces here are stitched papers. Altered with machine stitch before hand embroidery was added. They are also homeless samples I guess.
 
I'm thinking they could become the start of  a new artist book. 


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2 comments:

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Seeing the bits of yellow here makes me look forward to the sun shining (not something that's been happening much here lately).

January 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Rachel said...

You have some lovely patterns and textures there. I'm sure something delightful will emerge!

January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM

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