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 striped cotton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label striped cotton. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

diverse...

Do me a favour.....If I forget what my name is please remind me. There are so many different pieces of work on the go here that I am in danger of becoming befuddled. (befuddled......stupified, confused) O.K. I was probably befuddled already but it will get worse trust me. Here we have one inch hexagons in lovely striped cottons that I bought in Stockholm (for all the Swedish readers I bought them in NK, very posh!!). These are for the latest addition to my throw. Also, favours are ongoing, yawn, yawn, I know I've been saying that for weeks sorry. But, and it's a good but, we have 49!! Yay 49! So what do I do when I get to 49? Make number 50? No! That would be the non befuddled way of doing things. What I do is play with another idea inspired by the cloth and colour of favours!





The playing wasn't wasted however. It has given me an idea for a little ''extra'' favour that I will share with you when it has been given to a special person. The piece I showed you on my last post has stirred some debate comment and e-mail wise. Thanks for all the input, mostly positive. I have decided though that I don't like it so it will be consigned to the sample drawer. Well it would be if I had one, I have a sample house instead, piles of stuff everywhere. Maybe I should tidy up, sort out, empty a drawer and pile the contents somewhere else to create a sample drawer and a new pile!