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







Sunday, July 5, 2026

Samples.....

 





A table full of samples.

There are ten 'pieces' here.

I say ten pieces but there are many more than that as each piece is made up of at least two embroidered samples.

They need to be attached? joined? a cloth book? or maybe a folded situation? joining these at the side edges not the top edges?

That option needs thought....maybe a border of cloth on that edge which can be folded without folding the embroidered samples?

I'll have a think. 

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3 comments:

Liza said...

So much lovely colour, so many possibilities

July 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Lois Evensen said...

How very pretty. There are so many different alternatives!

July 7, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Rachel said...

I'm sure you will come up with the solution that enhances all your lovely work!

July 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM

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