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, June 26, 2026

A little weaving

 



There's a little bit of weaving going on.

These are samples which will inform a little design work I am doing with my online class. 

One piece is just cloth, the other has cloth strips woven through some threads I wrapped on the sewing machine.

Two very different pieces.

Let's see where they go from here. 

2 comments:

Magpie's Mumblings said...

There's just something so charming about gingham and in your hands of course it's even more so!

Liza said...

These look so different and very interesting. Is the white ribbon or fabric that you’ve cut into strips? Whatever it is it looks great