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, May 15, 2026

Patchwork

 

In addition to hand embroidery I'm also partial to a little bit of patchwork.

If you follow this link  and scroll down there are some 30ish posts where I have used patchwork in several different ways. 

Because I use this process regularly it's always handy to have a stash and the means to add to that stash.

These are things I pick up when I'm in need of a half hour of not thinking, just keeping my hands busy and my brain empty.

There are fabric pieces I've cut ready to add to templates, individual covered templates waiting for what comes next along with finished patches and some partially finished patches.


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Rachel said...

It's not "stash" - that suggests you don't know what you'll do with it! It's "resources" - something you know what you'll do with, if not exactly when!

May 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM

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