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 hectic. Show all posts
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Friday, December 9, 2011

hectic.....

Hi everyone, only one picture for you today......some puffs I have made for the ''STITCHED'' workshops, more info in the right hand side bar...
It is crazy around here at the moment. I am making final preparations for stitched and I am being overcome by all things Christmas related. Much the same as you all are too I imagine. A large part of yesterday was spent in a well know Swedish furniture store buying curtains and tracks for a bay window....the rest of the day was spent in  physical combat with said curved curtain track!! Something I don't ever want to have to do again....
I love my new window but it magnifies the rest of the room and not in a good way!!! What a tip, honestly...so today I am throwing things away and re organising....refuse tip here I come. I did manage to post some cards too so the list is getting ticked off if only slowly....
I have finished the embellishment on my pocket and that is damp stretched and beautiful, relaxing in a tidy, clean place (believe me there aren't many of them round here!) and I hope to show you that over the weekend........so that's me.....tidying and throwing away with a little embroidery when I can snatch a minute. So I had better get on with it, bags to sort out.....
Before I go though I do have to remind you, (yes I really do, it's compulsory) registration is now open for January's embroider, embellish, create class. Just pop over here and take a look. If you do sign up you get to see a lovely video and listen to me babbling about cloth....what more do you need?