Karen Ruane: scraps

scraps

04/24/2014

a page and a scrap of cloth

you can scrap this....it went down as I was typing.....enough is enough is enough.

You can find me here again if this goes missing.

***I'm staying put today, placing all my faith in Typepad...that they won't go AWOL, that they won't let me down. I can't be doing with this back and forth, I don't know whether I'm coming or going, staying or leaving. One thing I have learn't.....a nomadic life style isn't for me.***

Last night I titivated a tiny scrap of cloth to fit in one of these gaps, whilst I was at it I added something to a ledger page, just because I could.

This morning I had plans to make a video for my girls in ''4'' before I leave them and flounce off to London next week......ha, some hope. Every obstacle imaginable was placed in the way of that little plan. Never fear....I always have the weekend. I will banish everyone to the far reaches of the house, demand solitude and quiet.

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Tags: cross stitch, embroidery, ledger, page, scrap of cloth, wrapping cloth

04/20/2014

putting scraps together

I spent a couple of hours yesterday piecing scraps together for this, so that I can move a little closer to finishing it. I cross stitched some cotton cloth and when that was damp stretched I cut it up for tabs, applique...titivation's. It's all about cohesion, that's how the cloth was put together initially, I'm trying to keep that process going, new pieces matching with those that were made quite a while ago. The magazine is out because I like to re read...to remind myself why I do this. It's not that I forget or that I am not aware of why I do this 24/7, my motivation is ever present. It's just good sometimes to see it in black and white, it kind of gives me ''clarity''.

This article is from 2011. You can read it here on my old blog. In fact there is a lot of reading on my old blog so perhaps you could have a wander around over there sometime. I do, I have almost a whole life of creativity over there.

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Tags: cloth, cross stitch, scraps of cloth, strips of cloth

08/29/2013

a little piece of this....

I'm back. I didn't do a runner. You don't get rid of me that easy! Before I went I made a little piece of lace cloth. My days seem more balanced if I can manage even the smallest amount of creativity. This morning I have been planning my next piece of work, no doodling , except in my head that is. When will you get to see that? I'm not sure. I don't like to make promises in that regard incase I can't keep them.....one thing I can say about it.....if it works I can guarantee there will become a point where you will be sick of looking at it!!

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Tags: lace, lace cloth, scraps, scrim

06/25/2013

phew

I really can't believe I made it today......what a morning....you couldn't make it up. First thing. around 8.30, I sent today's video to the simply stitch group.....then my internet connection went down. Never mind, give it an hour or so I can always be sewing. Ha. The collapse of the internet was followed by an unexpected trip to accident and emergency with my son. A sports injury...now strapped up and crutches for the patient. He is going to Glastonbury tomorrow???? Happy days!

It's a good thing I am organised......it makes a change I know. Some floaty, soft, light and fragile scrim with scraps of cloth and a sewing machine. The best combination for half an hours self indulgence. Much better than chocolate.

Later today,in around an hour actually I have an appointment. So much for not leaving the house until October. From 3 pm onwards my aim is for calmness and serenity, wish me luck.

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Tags: lace, machine embroidery, scraps, scrim

04/05/2013

a box

When I was a little girl I loved going to my nanna's and rooting through the drawers in her sideboard. There was all kinds of magical stuff in there. Old buttons, cutlery, balls of thread and wool and sometimes even some ''old'' money, dirty thruppenny bits...do you remember those? Well now I can do it at home and I was doing it last night. I have so many boxes and tins in the house I could open a shop. Last night I was looking for something and also looking for somewhere to put a lot of scraps that I couldn't possibly bear to part with. That's why this box is out. This is a very old box. I bought it a while ago at an antique place. It only cost me pennies but it is so precious. Inside were two pieces of original documentation which I have kept.It is made from heavy duty cardboard, nothing fancy yet it has stood the test of time rather well I think.

Anyway I hear you say, ''what's that got to do with embroidery?'' well nothing much except there are snippets of lace in there, some prairie points, cloth hexagons, cut up cross stitch...even a couple of tiny ball buttons I made. That's enough reason for me to go off and root some more!!

(metallic silk tissue news....I am waiting for a phone call. Fingers, toes and eyes firmly crossed!)