Category: Ruth Singer

If you want a general intro to eco sewing, have a look at this article I’ve written on Whip Up. Lace lampshade restyle project from Sew Eco.

I’m a big fan of Ecouterre which is full of brilliant, quirky green fashion stuff.This article is about a greener way of t-shirt printing using seaweed rather than PVC. I hope one day soon that it will be possible to buy vegetable-based inks like this for home textile printing.

Way back in December last year I embarked on a small, quick (ha!) upholstery project in an evening class. I finally finished the piece a couple of weeks ago. I had 95% completed it but then it got abandoned in the chaos of 15 million other things I needed to do more urgently. But now…

This battered little book turned up at my Uncle’s house when my family were clearing a few days ago. It must have belonged to my Auntie who was my fashion inspiration when I was young. I have a small collection of illustrated books of traditional / peasant costume and love them. I’m really fascinated by…

I love clothes. Always have, always will. I spent a happy couple of hours on Wednesday in the Fashion Gallery at Snibston Museum with a school group, looking at frocks, frock coats, shoes, suits, corsets and crinolines. For a short while, it was like my old life, working at the V&A. Lovely. After the main…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…