Ruth Singer

Author: Ruth Singer

  • Things I like…part 2

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    Chimneys. Pictures of chimneys. I loved looking through this flickr group. Most of them are taken in places with impossibly turquoise skies, unlike mine, with watery blue suffolk february sky.

  • Je vais a Paris!

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    I’m very excited that I’ll be going on a research trip to Paris in January to see Maison et Objet, a major interiors trade show. I’ll be going as a group trip organised by Design Factory (who support makers in the East Midlands where I live) and the government trade and investment department. We’ll not…

  • Things I like…part 1

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    Lush Lampshades I have one. Its very pink. Fortunately our stairs are just the same pink so its a perfect match.Our downstairs bathroom is even more pink. Its good.

  • refashioning

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    I’ve not had anything like enough time to spend dressmaking this summer, but I have been doing a bit of refashioning.I fell for this blouse in my local charity shop because of the print (which happens to match my current favourite socks) but it was actually 2 sizes too small. I am not defeated by…

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  • Reading and living.

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    Click to enlarge This is what I call good advertising. I love Rose Tremain’s writing, but hadn’t noticed she had a new book out until I saw this poster (on Twyford station a few weeks ago). It lodged somewhere in my memory. The book, The Road Home, jumped out at me in my local library…

  • Good apron experience

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    After my wailing last week about the patchwork book missing my pattern, (there are things happening regarding sorting this out…) the same publishers have just sent me a copy of A is for Apron, which also features one of my designs. PATTERN INCLUDED! A relief. Its a nice book. If you like aprons, this has…

  • Testing testing

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    I’m looking for willing sewing people to test out the patterns for my new book.Here’s the deal: This is entirely unpaid, I’m afraid. You will need to test out the pattern instructions and diagrams within 2 weeks of receipt of the pattern. I am not able to supply fabrics (unless there is something hard to…

  • And so to embroider

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    My obsession with old sewing books goes on. This one – And So To Embroider – was a manual for the Needlework Development Scheme, designed to improve needlework in schools. 1950s embroidery patterns. I love ’em! I’m particularly fixated with circular patterns. I can’t actually embroider, really. I just like the designs. One day I’ll…

  • A box full of memories

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    I’ve been doing a bit of sorting out at the studio. Exploring boxes that haven’t really been looked at in years. This box of beads and bits of jewellery surprised me – so many lovely things I’d forgotten I had, and lots of memories crammed in this little box. If you click on the image…