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







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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Beavering away.....






Samples, class work, gingham, lace, pink, lace cloth....it's s proper hive of activity here. I now have so many of these sheets. When class finishes in a couple of weeks I will endeavour to photograph them all for you. Aside from the finished sheets I have stacks of samples which still need to be mounted, I could soon be swamped, buried under a pile of pink. That wouldn't be a bad thing I'm sure.
Meanwhile, along with pink and lace I'm playing with hankies in the background, seeing hankies as patches and patches as pockets ready for the new class. Maybe even pockets made from patches..... a little like these....


Happy thanksgiving to all of you who are celebrating today!!!
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Ledgers.....


Just a little peek for you today at what we are up to in the ledger class. The flickr group is filling up fast so if you want to see just pop over here.
Embroidery wise...my final section is finished. I still need to damp stretch that and then it's all systems go to backing my latest wrapping cloth. I get excited at this stage..well I am always excited about my work but it's a different excitement when something is nearing completion. My plan is to show you that tomorrow so fingers crossed for good light...rain rain go away!!