karen ruane: More ribbon, more French knots and pinning the reverse.

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, June 8, 2026

More ribbon, more French knots and pinning the reverse.

I haven't yet decided if the front of this little pillow is finished.

The white space is asking should I add web stitches there.

Whilst I decide I have pinned the reverse with ribbon and prairie points.

These will be secured with more hand embroidered French knots.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: This is gorgeous!; June 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Magpie's Mumblings said...: Oh yes, definitely web stitches! After all, more is more.; June 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Liza said...: I’m loving the colours of the new fabric with the ribbons, made to be together; June 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Rachel said...: You're making very good use of those fragments of ribbon!; June 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM