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 rummage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rummage. Show all posts

Monday, July 2, 2012

rummage....



Do you want to pop round, have a rummage on my table and more importantly tidy up!! It's such a mess, not even an orderly mess because I still can't find anything. The cake by the way....my hubby's birthday and yes, I know if I was any kind of wife I would have made one but come on...you know me and cookers........hardly ever acquainted. Everyone loved it apart from me, bit too sickly, maybe there's a lesson in there somewhere.
You will notice that I took a beautiful, clear shot of my bank card for you...then I realised and blanked the important bits out. Sorry about that and to be fair if you can find anything in my bank account you deserve to keep it!
So embroidery, a picture of a mess....well it takes one to achieve the other. At least it does for me.