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







Monday, May 18, 2026

Sewing machine

 


The past couple of days have been spent on my sewing machine creating surfaces, paper and cloth as a base for hand embroidery.

The paper ones are much needed at the moment as I'm currently working on a few more of these.

Hand embroidery on these pieces is the next stage.

There will be lots of bullion and French knots along with buttonhole stitch edges and vintage fabric snippets. 


 


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2 comments:

Jillayne said...

A bit different to see all this gorgeous white on your blog. - that pin tucked paper is simply stunning.

May 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Jeanette sclar said...

Your mind is a butterfly making great leaps between ideas, creating endlessly inventive interpretations! I’m so grateful that you share these cloth ruminations.❤️

May 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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