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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Saturday, March 5, 2011

books and a guest post!!

Good morning everyone! Yes I'm here, even though I have visitors of the daughter kind. The reason?? My guest post over here. I want to say Hi to anyone who has come over from there and also ask you all to go have a look and maybe leave a comment. Who knows, if you do that then they may think you like me!!
Today is also book day....they're all put together now and in the shop. Actually, there are only three available, the other three were reserved but go have a look anyway and don't forget my little tutorial, right hand side with tips on how these can be embellished.

These are slightly different to the last ones. There are really good images of my work in these, a little extra inspiration maybe, something to look at and maybe spark an idea. The pages are still made with very high quality Bockingford watercolour paper and there are also extra leaves of graph paper for doodling and notes.
Now I am off to spend time with my little girl, to make lunch, have a chat, maybe go out somewhere. Don't forget I won't be here tomorrow, It's baby Lydia's christening. Sorry it's short and sweet today but I just want to say thankyou once again to Madame Samm for letting me loose on her amazing blog. See you monday!