Category: Ruth Singer

Those who follow me on Twitter (where I am @RuthSinger, funnily enough) will know that I have spent a lot of this week urgently making a frock for a friend to wear to her brother’s wedding this weekend. I finally handed it over last night and at last, at lunchtime today, got confirmation that it…

I’m running a workshop in the wonderful Hampton Court Palace later this summer – what a treat! Contemporary Tassels and Braids Date: Thursday 5 AugustTime: 10.30 – 16.30Cost: £45 / £40 HRP members Taking inspiration from the wealth of historical trimmings within the palace, experiment with making braids, cords and tassels using historical and contemporary techniques. Led…

I am reluctantly going to admit that Mantua Maker is in semi-hibernation. I am overwhelmed with house renovation, studio move, a commission, an exhibition piece to make, a book to launch, a freelance job to do and a business to run! So I think this blog is going to be less than busy for a…

My new book SEW ECO is out now. It is available from all good bookshops and online, or directly from me for signed copies.

In between house renovation works and much needed holiday, I’ve been running workshops, as per usual! Recent ones have beenCorsages and Fabric Flowers 10 people, a whole day workshop and masses of beautiful flowers produced! I also ran a ruffled cuffs workshop at Catmose Gallery at the end of April. This is one of the…

I am very very late in posting about Make, Do and Knit, which was at the end of March… I had a lovely time. Here’s my stand / jumble sale. I decided to launch some kits at this event, which went down a storm. Mr Mouse almost sold out and I had to make up…

I’ve got a few pieces of work on display at Pickford’s House Museum in Derby, in their new exhibition on silk. My work is on the left of this case – a Polonaise Panel, a scarf, a small framed piece and one of my organza neckpieces. The dress on the right was part of their…

Well not surprisingly, I’ve been engrossed in a lot of house decorating – or at least paint, wallpaper, carpet and general filth removal. Most of this has not been particularly nice to look at – I have only just started getting paint on walls, and even then only in one room. BUT I will be…

I am engrossed in cleaning and decorating my new house and have very little of interest to say, except perhaps that I have the world’s finest shed. Sheds have such a strong association of happy memories for me, having spent my pre-school years pottering around in the shed with my dad. I had my own…

A few weeks ago I saw these paper sculptures in a shop window, somewhere on Camden Passage in Islington, London. We were rushing by, on our way to by yarn and cake, so I just too some quick snaps. I love the textures and boldness of these. I wish I knew who made them. Anyone…