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 gift. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

gift....

Hey!! Happy sunday! Technically I should have been here yesterday but you know, life and crap gets in the way, excuse my profanity, especially on a sunday. My damp patch repair turned into a hole, outside world visible, so you can imagine the mess and as I couldn't stitch it together I had to go with the flow and sew. We are now rebuilt, plastered (in the building sense, not the alcohol sense) and most importantly clean!! Clean for now anyway as said plastered room now needs decorating which can't happen until it has dried out. Me thinks that will now be left until after the upcoming festivities, I can only stand so much mess in any given 3 month period. So here we have my first christmas gift made, just call me santa's little helper!! Who needs  a gnome? This one is for a bed or something, 10 inches square, there are 3 more, yes 3 more!! stretching as we speak, smaller yet equally as lovely? hideous? disgusting? gorgeous? take your pick.

I have also managed to put together another piece of white, very minimally embellished so far, a few knots that you can see in the second picture. I may make this into a cushion and I may put it in the shop as they tell me next weekend is THE best weekend for christmas shopping.

Now, in other news, I am having a bit of a nightmare!! What am I going to wear for THE WEDDING??? As someone who on a normal day to day basis pays very little attention to what they are wearing, as long as my lumpy bits and stretch marks are covered, fashion is way down on my list. So far I have bought these and love them as I do they will not suffice on their own. Hey ho.....tent?? A beautifully embellished tent though.