Category: Ruth Singer

Friday night there was a huge full moon. I had to drive about 15 miles to deliver something and took the scenic route back, enjoying the last of the sunset then the rise of the moon.I stopped at Thornton Reservoir on the way back to photograph the moon over the water.I slept with the blinds…

My one, now resting at home. It seems I am almost powerless to resist the urge to sew dragon scales into everything. Or to sew Suffolk Puffs onto everything. Last weekend I ran a workshop making draught excluders so had to come up with some samples. Inevitably, both of those two favourite techniques came into…

One of the strangest bits of work I’ve done in the last year or two was teaching Mark Watson to sew, for the Guardian / Observer DIY and Save guide I mentioned the other week. Mark in fear of the bobbins. Way back before Christmas, I trotted down to London with needles, thread and some…

First sewing resolution project of 2010 is a needle roll for my double pointed knitting needles. I was spurred on by my friend Sarah who suggested this as a co-crafting project for our social evenings / afternoons in the studio. She’s made one too, but more subtle and not quite as complicated! This took considerably…

This weekend the Guardian / Observer are putting out a free 2-part guide on fixing stuff yourself instead of paying someone else to do it.They very kindly asked me to do the bit about repairing your clothes, so I HEARTILY recommend crawling out of bed on Sunday to get a copy of the Observer with…

There’s a beautiful home / workspace on Bloesem today including this great thread display / storage idea. The scarves on ladder idea is one I really like too, but don’t have the space for it at home. I’ve got an old clothes horse in the studio which I use for displays, but have pondered using…

I got a commission to make an Amelia brooch and a handful of tiny rosebuds from scraps from Vicky’s wedding dress. They have now been safely received ready for the wedding next week. Making the Amelia brooch was fun, I have made about a gazillion in my time, but the rosebuds were a little more…

Defiance N3 I now realise I should have used this photo to illustrate my sewing resolutions post the other day. But I didn’t think of it, and now it will simply be used to illustrate this defiance-free post. I am getting out and about…. Next week: —————————————————–ADDED GLAMOUR THROUGH THE AGESWednesday 13th January Lecture and…

Way way back in late November I ran a workshop for teachers, in the depths of Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This is the kind of work I don’t really mind doing. It rained almost all the time but I enjoyed it nonetheless. And I got to stay with my best mate for the long weekend as…

as promised a somewhat better picture of the purple zebra dress. I perhaps should have ironed it a little. Oh well. Details of the binding. This worked really well on the medium-weight linen-y fabric. And finally a mention of my little black dress that I made almost a year ago for a February party. Full…