Author: Ruth Singer
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Harefield Hospital centenary quilt commission
I’ve recently been commissioned to make a centenary quilt for Harefield Hospital. The NHS hospital began its medical life as an ANZAC hospital, during the First World War. The then owner of the 18th century house and estate was an Australian and gave over his house and grounds to create a facility for his countrymen.…
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Daily Make (15 & 16)
I reworked The Beauty of Stains, making the stains permanent through stitch. I’ve made a lot of paper pieced patchwork for Narrative Threads. I’ve started a birthday present for my mum but I’m not going to show it here in case she looks. I know she doesn’t look at Instagram. …
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Open Studio at Makers’ Yard 25th April
I’ll be opening my studio on Saturday 25th April (12-4pm) as part of the local St George’s day festival. This is the first time I’ve opened the studio since I’ve changed it from being a teaching space to being my own personal work space where I run occasional creative textiles workshops too. I’ll be in…
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Darning and Mending
This October, Leicester Footpaths group are running a Green Festival Of Making and Mending and I am helping with the sewing aspects. During the Festival on 31st October 2015 I will be running a stall sharing ideas on how to do more complicated mends and revitalise your clothes and household textiles including replacing elastic and invisible…
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Daily Make (14)
This week’s creative endeavours include decorating, curtain-making, skirt-making, patchwork and embroidery. Its been good to be making, almost every day.
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Daily Make (13)
Yet more hexagon patchwork, whilst hiding upstairs during building work at home. The work at home involved the installation of this: and dealing with the preparatory and subsequent chaos of furniture and dust everywhere.. then the inevitability of this: Its not been the most creative of weeks but it has been…
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Narrative Threads Artist in Residence
March was a time for reflection, thinking and planning. I’m working, slowly, on new pieces. I’m revisiting older work and pulling ideas together. Ideas for new work are sloshing around and beginning to settle. A few days holiday at the end of the month gave me vital thinking time, sitting on the front of a…
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Daily Make (11 & 12)
Week 11 was a complete whirlwind of final works and installation of Interlace exhibition which is now up and looking fabulous! I was also hurtling through finishing a quilt for a big birthday present at the same time as opening the exhibition. It was more than a little close to the wire getting it…
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Fat Quarters book & giveaway
I’m pleased to be part of this gorgeous new book from Lark Crafts. Fat Quarters, Small Fabrics, More than 50 Big Ideas comes out this week and I have contributed three projects. My projects are: A patchwork pieced tie, using complicated bias cutting and lovely fabric from Lu Summers. An origami-style folded decoration on a…
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Interlace
This weekend sees the launch of an exciting new project which I have been working on for over a year. Bethany Walker and I have created Interlace, a collaboration of cloth and concrete. Our showcase exhibition opens on Saturday 21st March upstairs at Bilston Craft Gallery and runs until 19th April. The exhibition includes two…
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