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







Thursday, May 21, 2026

Half inch Suffolk puffs for white.

 

My recent work on paper is continuing.

Stitched papers as a base, embellished with hand embroidery, snippets of vintage cloth, trims at edges, a button or two, tiny pom poms and now half inch, hand made Suffolk puffs.

I am aiming for five pieces here which will then be backed with stitched paper before being turned into a small book. 

A small book of white and embroidery.

(white is so difficult to photograph....hope the image quality is ok for you) 

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1 comment:

Magpie's Mumblings said...

It always astounds me how paper can turn into something that looks (and I'm sure feels) as though it's soft fabric. (and the photo looks great on my end)

May 23, 2026 at 1:16 PM

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