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







Friday, April 17, 2026

Design collection

 


Do you remember the gingham drawstring pouch?

This is a small selection of the design work which accompanied that piece. 

I am drawing on this collection to inform my current work, some of which you saw yesterday and I feel very fortunate to have all these resources at my fingertips.

 

 


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2 comments:

Jeanette Sclar said...

Karen, you simply amaze me! You “have all these resources
At” your fingertips because you have invested so many hour in thinking and experimentation. I love watching you develop ides!

April 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Magpie's Mumblings said...

I wonder if your dreams involve stitching. And yes, I remember the gingham pieces.

April 18, 2026 at 2:59 PM

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