Karen Ruane

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Now I know why I have used so much white thread lately......

artist book, continuing....

Following on from this post I am continuing to create inserts for the pages in this little artist book.

The latest piece here is just paper, torn papers joined with hand embroidery stitches.

Occasionally I add small pieces of cloth or lace to this work but the piece here really doesn't need any.

There have been a few new people signing up to my subscription learning programme over the past couple of days, thank you.

There is no end point to this new way of teaching, to the videos etc which are provided so it's never going to be too late. You also get access to all learning resources up to the point you subscribe along with access to a complete, past class.

Please read more here.

If you have ever been interested in my 'paperwork' pieces, we are working on that process next week.

(I'm having an image issue my end. If you can't see the images try refreshing the page)

artist book pieces

I've diverted from white over the past couple of days and am working on pieced and embroidered paper to add more to this artist book.

There are another two of these pieces waiting in the wings, almost finished so I'm really pleased with progress here.

progress with my 'to do' pile.

Remember my 'to do' pile?

Progress.......

'to do'

This is my embroidery 'to do' pile for today.

 

edges of white

There are several finished pieces of white on white embroidery here, mostly created with a mix of paper and lace.

(I have laid them on an embroidered cloth for photography purposes)

The white pieces are for my 'stash' tier over on Ko-Fi, my new online teaching platform.

There are three levels of learning offered with the most basic at 5 GBP per month giving monthly access to an hours worth of hand embroidery videos.

I have also recently added a free 'past' class to all subscribers and you can read about that here.

Things are a little hectic at home so my presence here may be a little hit and miss for the next few days.

Hopefully I will be back sooner than I think!!

 

free (past) class for subscribers

There was a very unexpected response to my images last time I was here.

There was 'lovely embroidery' but mostly there was 'tell me about the background'.

The images here are from the same body of work as that background, work completed during a past class, 'Ledgers, a record of stitch'.

It just so happens, this work came up in our monthly Zoom meetings yesterday too. (Zoom meetings for my online learning subscription groups)

Because of that, because of the benefit access to this class will obviously add to my groups I am now offering access to this class free of charge with all subscribers at any level on my subscription site.

You can read more about that here.

Now....I have more white to embellish.

white on a paperwork background

Work on white continues....these pieces are a mix of paper, old cloth and lace all hand embroidered and hand embellished.

Today I laid them on a paperwork background, it helps with the photographs.

Next time in Sewing Circle we will begin to explore paperwork and the piece today has given me a few ideas of where to start.

 

hand embroidery

It's not paper and it's not lace, it's cloth which you haven't really seen much of lately.

This work has been happening in the background whilst I have been sharing my white paper and lace work on here.

With French knots, little patches, piping cord, bullion knots and a few dangly things these pieces are from my hand embroidery project over on Ko-Fi.

It's almost finished and will hopefully be completed in my next monthly post for my subscription learning groups.

 

 

hand embroidery and surfaces for stitch

Hand embroidery continues, some on paper, some on cloth.

The main piece here is paper, just paper.

I have also been creating new surfaces for hand embroidery on my sewing machine, a little lace cloth and a piece with net and silk velvet.