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, May 13, 2026

More white on stitched paper.

 




More has been added to the pieces you saw in my last post.

What I love most about these pieces is the irregular edges which come from tearing papers, overlaying papers.

Curved lines of buttonhole stitch, bullion knots and French knots emphasize those irregualr edges. 

It's then really exciting to find snippets of white to add to that surface and continue embellishing. 

Today I realised I need to stitch more papers in order to finish this piece.

Another process for these compositions which I love. 

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1 comment:

Jillayne said...

Looks like you've been stitching up a storm these days - these are all so beautiful Karen. the irregular edges are a favourite of mine too.

May 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM

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