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 8, 2026

Works on paper.

 




The progression of a design sheet.

The first three images show new additions which were completed before the embellishments on the last image.

The last image has patterned paper applied using hand stitch with a ribbon channel partially attached.

Once fully attached the ribbon channel will be further embellished with tiny seed beads. 

It's coming together! 

 

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2 comments:

Jillayne said...

it sure is coming together - the multi-coloured French knot outlines are a perfect finishing detail!

May 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Magpie's Mumblings said...

I love all the little pin pricks!

May 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM

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