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, February 23, 2026

Hand painted fabric and patchwork.

 




My fabric painted pieces are now evolving into a wrapping cloth.

(girls in class, I made you a short video explaining this) 

Sections of white cloth will be added to fabric painted pieces after they have been embroidered and patchwork added to the white space.

Seams will be embellished with running stitch, French knots and bullion knots.

It's growing quite quickly but next up I need to embroider another painted piece. 

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3 comments:

Jillayne said...

It's looking beautiful Karen... I love the direction you chose to go with this piece. It's such a lovely combination of stitching, patchwork and painted designs.

February 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Magpie's Mumblings said...

I love the tactile nature of those flowers. Makes me want to reach out and touch (with clean hands of course!)

February 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Rachel said...

Developing quite charmingly - you must be pleased!

February 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM

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