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







Showing posts with label embroiderers ledger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label embroiderers ledger. Show all posts

Saturday, May 26, 2012

bullions.....






Remember the video from yesterday? Well I told you I had embroidered, embellished and titivated......oh yes, bullion knots a plenty!! This is a great piece of cloth to just pick up an put down as and when....it distracts me from bad stuff like housework and provides an opportunity for contemplation when I need to think, think of a direction, think of inspiration. I would recommend you all get one of these,  perhaps I will call it a thinking scrap......better therapy than medication.
I have been up since dawn working on my newsletter, working on my new class.....more of this as soon as I get everything ready. How does 'an embroiderers ledger' sound.....?