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, March 30, 2026

The hoop

 




The work in the embroidery hoop from this post is being progressed.

There are French knots, Bullion knots and buttonhole stitch being used here. 

In terms of finishing this, there are two more holes to edge and some snippets of silk velvet to embellish.

I do like how this looks...another sample to inform and develop.


 

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