Karen Ruane

patchwork and embroidery

When you last saw this piece here three patchwork motifs had been added to the surface.

There are now four.

I'm still not sure where this is going and I don't mind.

I will allow it to grow and just enjoy the process.

design sheet and embroidery on white

Two pieces today.

The latest, finished piece for my lace cloth collection which I have been working on for quite some time....and a design sheet, very much in progress and which is taking shape with my subscription tiers on Ko-Fi.

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Back to the design sheet...there is a long way to go with this, a lot of white space to fill and I have plans.....

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one for me

I am so taken with the little pockets I showed you here that I decided I want one so this one is for me.

It will be bigger than the these, lined with Liberty and I won't struggle to find something to put in it!

I am enjoying stitching on gingham so much, there is something very addictive about filling a little square with French knots or bullion knots or web stitch before moving on to the next one.

nine pockets

Nine pockets, gingham with hand embroidered web stitch and a Liberty patterned lining.

There are more of these to make.

Can you guess what they're for?

more gingham and hand embroidery

It's back to gingham today after 'white' last time.

Another flower garden has been added to the main piece since the last time you saw it and the tiny samples of web stitch are now stitched to the gingham mounts as opposed to just being pinned.

I am going to continue working on the flower graden piece, adding more whilst not really having a firm idea of where I'm going.

For now that doesn't matter, I'm just enjoying the process and that's enough.

I will be away for a few days from today.

I'm off to London to see a certain little boy and visit Liberty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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lace cloth, silk velvet, hand embroidery

Today was just going to be about lace cloth and silk velvet and a little video of hand embroidery but I thought I'd also show you what I've been up t0 this morning.

More pockets.....

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Gingham pockets with Liberty fabric and lace cloth

I've been stitching gingham, I've been making lace cloth, I've been putting litle pockets together and meanwhile

this work is still in progress as are these.

It's a regular hive of activity here but I best slow down as I'm running out of gingham......

 

 

Sunday

this morning,

ironing,

measuring,

cutting,

folding,

pinning.

Prep for this evening's embroidery.

grandmother's gingham flower garden

And so it continues, gingham, embroidery, patchwork, Grandmother's flower garden.

I have stitched two of these to a base of white and added web stitches at the outer edges.

There is more of that to do, the web stitches.

There is another finished piece ready to be cut out and patched which will also find it's way on to the white background.

Where am I going with this?

I'm not sure yet.

a faffing pile

First of all, thank you for all the gingham love!!

The gingham is continuing but I thought I best show you the lace cloth I always say is ongoing.

In the first image are three finished lace cloth pieces and the piece bottom right is in progress.

The Artist Book? Just there for photography purposes as white and lace cloth does not photograph well without a  little colour for the camera to focus on.

There will be more gingham later this week and yes, lace cloth will continue too.