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







Wednesday, April 8, 2026

More doodling with needle and thread on paper....

 




It's been a bit of a surface design week!

The doodling on paper from here has been added to....there's still a long way to go. 

A little bit of fabric may find its way onto this one as it develops....maybe.

And then last time I was here it was sheets and sheets of surface design work.

I get a bit addicted to this, the paper pieces, the possibilities of those. 

 

 

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2 comments:

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Your doodling certainly looks a whole lot more interesting than mine!

April 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Rachel said...

Good to know you are having fun!

April 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM

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