Ruth Singer

Author: Ruth Singer

  • Quilt

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    I tend to be a bit cautious about showing work in progress online and as I write this I am pondering exactly why this is…  Is it not wanting to give away my techniques?Is it not being confident that the finished piece will work?Is it jealously guarding my creative process?Is it that I don’t think…

  • Six years….

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    Today I am celebrating six years of working for myself!One of the things that got me inspired, excited, invigorated and engaged in my first lonely couple of years working alone was blogging. In the last couple of years that has really tailed off, to the point that I have hardly blogged at all this year.…

  • Sewn Up

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    Edit: I’ve got a similar, smaller piece on display at Craft House Concept, Edinburgh until 17th July.Also I’m running a workshop making Christmas decorations from folded recycled papers on Saturday 10th December in Leicester. Full workshop programme hereAbout nine months ago, Jennifer Collier said that she wanted to do a first anniversary exhibition at unit…

  • Wearing aprons

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    I’ve currently got aprons in my mind a lot. I’m working on an exhibition of aprons for Unit Twelve later this year which we are hoping to tour to other galleries. I’m co-curating and also making at least one new narrative apron for the show. Or at least I *will* be making one, I’ve not…

  • My first sewing machine

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    Scrapiana has published a very nice account of my early sewing experiences on her blog. It was very strange to think and write about all the people in my life who helped me start sewing, in roundabout ways. Times have changed to much since I was a dressmaking teenager. My friends thought I was really…

  • Industrial sewing machine for sale

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    Having moved out of my vast studio, I no longer have space for my Bernina Industrial sewing machine. I am sad to part with her, as she is brilliant. But I have no excuse to keep her anymore and must make space. The details: Bernina Industrie 850, approx 15-20 years old (but I really don’t…

  • Fabric flowers workshop

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    I’m running a fabric flowers / corsages workshop in Oakham on 22nd September.

  • I missed Summer, I was in the bathroom

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    To make up for a looong blog absence, I am going to talk about my toilet. You may have wanted sewing stories, but no, you get bathroom diy. When I bought my house back in April, the bathroom looked like this. I know. Lovely. It’s now like this.   This room has taken masses of…

  • Free project!

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    The Guardian website have featured my Sew Eco tablelinen embellishment project!

  • Project preview

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    Apron project preview I’m running a workshop making aprons based on the skirt-transformed-to-apron project in Sew Eco, in a couple of weeks.  This apron is made from a skirt, re-cut and sewn to create an apron. I developed this idea as a way of making something new out of a skirt that is either too…