continuing in cloth

Remember this from Tuesday? These images are of the piece which followed that. Layers of lace and fabric, doodling onto cloth, embroidery......I like it, I like the one from Tuesday...but....I still don't really know where I am going with this. I still feel directionless in terms of my own work, what I want to do outside of class, what I want to do for me. I need to shut my eyes for 10 minutes and think, get lost in thoughts of stitch, paper, doodles.........let my mind wander.....failing that I will look back at old work....that usually sparks something. - See more at: http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/#sthash.wrKpvxPq.dpuf

Reinventing the page

As promised....a past class....new to those who didn't take part in this first time round.  Not a ''work on your own'', this one is a work with me, work within a group. We start on March 7. Below is all the information you need, above are images of what we will be creating. I am so excited about this, reconnecting with this work, reconnecting with play and paper and stitch and doodle for design and finished textile pieces. All process is transferable to other projects, use it again and again. Access to all resources, video, images....is forever. There are no deadlines, no set tasks.... 

The cost? Exactly the same as if this were a ''work on your own'' class. Access to me is free.

Register here

Beginning Monday 7 March. !8 videos. 3 weeks.

This class is an exact copy of ''reinventing the page'', first run as an online learning programme in March of 2015. If you participated in that online class you do not need to purchase this rerun. Video content is EXACTLY the same as that provided in 2015.

If you did not take part in this class in 2015 this will be a new and exciting learning programme for you.

The reason for this rerun?

Work on your own online learning does not suit everyone. Some people prefer interaction within a group, some people prefer an online forum in which to participate along with the support, encouragement and interaction that provides.

This run of ''reinventing the page'' will include access to a new online, private blog and a new, private flickr group where you can interact with other group members, share work, share process, ideas and benefit from group support. I will be active in providing feedback within that group. (this does not happen with ''work on your own classes'')

Please note.....video content was recorded in 2015 and may contain reference to events from that period of time.

To reinvent
''to change something that already exists and give it a different form or purpose''

***You do not need to have participated in any of my previous online learning programmes to participate in ''reinventing the page''***

***An advanced knowledge of embroidery is not required for this learning programme. Suitable for beginners and the more experienced.***

Reinventing the page, a ledger class and more.....it's about creating interesting pages, creating sheets of design work by use of overlaid paper, by folding, by cutting and scrunching paper. There's no need to worry that you have pencil, paint and art phobia, I suffer from those too. We will be playing, having fun, you will be holding my hand, I will be supporting you, encouraging you.

Lets play with paper , transform our ledger pages or create new and unique stand alone sheets of design, art and inspiration.
We will begin with the basics of design/ledger work, examining colour and pattern before we begin to add colour to doodles, add stitch to paper, create overlaid pages, fold, cut shapes, scrunch paper, manipulate images, create collage with snippets of cloth and coloured tissue scraps.......all this and more will be used to create a collection of original paper sheets or pages which will provide inspiration for stitch and design.

All process demonstrated is completely transferable for future work, being applicable over and over a

NO PREREQUISITES
YOUR ACCESS TO ALL RESOURCES IS PERMANENT. Videos will remain in your possession forever.
NO DEADLINES
NO SET TASKS

Please allow 24 hours from registration to receipt of mail containing a list of suggested equipment

Please respect my copyright. Do not share passwords with anyone else. You are welcome to post work from this class in any online forum, Facebook, Flickr, blogs etc but please do not share process, instruction.

Please note.....video content was recorded in 2015 and may contain reference to events from that period of time.

- See more at: http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/#sthash.jC7jFQBe.dpuf

paper and stitch

More samples...small pieces, delicate pieces, fragile pieces. They all need a home therefore I need a book and I can't decide. Do I buy one? Do I make one? I am indecisive about so many things at the moment. It has been pretty hectic here for the last couple of days...hence my absence yesterday. Now it is quieter and it feels strange. Maybe I can only function amid chaos...I need to embroider but can't get the book out of my head and I don't have time to make one yet...maybe mount them all on sheets to put in a book later? That just came to me whilst I was typing, yep just now. It definitely helps to talk it over.....thanks!

Some time later today or maybe tomorrow I am going to start my final piece, a piece of work that will reflect my sampling and be a cloth in its own right.......I am excited!

extending embellishment

Yes girls, don't panic I am still joining my cloth. I've also got a little sideline going in creating pieces for the new class, extending embellishment, which starts on March 5. The piece shown here includes stitched paper, stitched cloth and some snippets of vintage cloth which are all seamlessly, (ha! don't believe it!) joined together to become what I hope is a little piece of contemporary art...There is still quite a way to go on this one and then there is the other one...also for the class. It's like a regular stitching marathon here which I love...LOVE, I really do...what's not to love?

to read more and register for extending embellishment then just go here.

4x3

Remember I said I was maybe going to work some more in this sketchbook? If you do then you will also remember that I said I have a compulsion to buy sketchbooks even if I hardly ever work in them, that I have lots of sketchbooks with only a few pages worked on? (and by the way, from the comments and e-mails after that post I know that I am not alone!!) Well, I did work in a sketchbook...only not that one. I worked in my newest sketchbook, a tiny sketchbook just 3 x 4 inches (approx 8 x 10 cm). I spent a little time over the weekend playing as if I was at nursery school! It does you good, you should try it....and the result? Another sketchbook for the shelf that has only 3 or 4 pages embellished.

If you want a beautiful, tiny sketchbook then I got it here....

cloth, pins and stitch...

I have pieces in progress, I have pieces pinned, I have pieces tacked.....I am surrounded by gorgeous fabric, some I have embroidered, some I have acquired and added to. The off white piece, on the right in the picture above I bought online. It is so beautiful, a trim. I think I have the last piece in the whole world and how I wish there was more. I have added French knots to it and some running stitch and cross stitch. I am so loathe to cover it completely as it needs to be seen, admired and appreciated.

This weekend I must make Rouleau Loops. I only noticed last night that this cloth is sadly lacking in Prairie Points and Rouleau Loops, must put that right.

In other news......my little boy got promoted at work yesterday! Big cheers for him!! Well done James...we are very proud of you...

and the lady herself, the one who this white is for.....well she likes it...result! She more than likes it so it's all good!