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







Saturday, August 1, 2026

Preparing to back an embroidered wrapping cloth and other Saturday faffing.

 

The table.....now.

The wrapping cloth on the left will be backed with the yellow fabric.

I have been measuring marking and pinning. 

More patchwork pieces are being cut from gingham offcuts too so that I can progress my drawstring bag.

If you are in my class...hello! You may notice something annoyingly wrong with the fabric on the right.

Safe to say it's giving me a headache with my plans.

I'm not crying....yet.

I will make a video to speak about this on Monday. 

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1 comment:

Magpie's Mumblings said...

I'm sure whatever is wrong with that fabric will come right after you ponder it for awhile.

August 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM

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