Category: Ruth Singer

I’ve been seeing plenty of handmade camera straps online (LOADS on Etsy) and decided it was time to make my own. I’ve had an ugly grey synthetic one on my SLR for ages. Now it has penguins! Total invention, no pattern, but I used the old strap as a guide.The fabric is the left-overs from…

I had a long lunchbreak at the studio yesterday. I can’t say I don’t deserve a sewing break having worked solidly since Easter without a day off. I sent off an important email at 11.15, had a brief moment of elation and weightless-shoulders so packed my bag and headed out for a couple of hours…

My Easter cactus started budding at Easter and is fully in bloom today, ready for May day.

Book photos, which I am busily editing and checking. I love this one. Some of my collection of old thimbles. Well, two-thirds of my collection actually. I rather like this pattern photo too. See, useful old stuff. I spent a happy couple of hours researching suppliers today. I’ve re-found some great stuff I’d got stashed…

Having lots of stuff is green. Useful, hoarded, old stuff rather than new, resource-intensive stuff. Oh yes.

It seems that if I don’t write about work then this blog becomes a barren wilderness. Or at best, an occasional rather than a regular blog. Fitting in creative, textile-based work around the day job is proving a challenge. The practicalities are part of the challenge. My office is at home (not good for relaxation)…

Pebble cushion kit in Etsy Storque!

I love visiting my Grandad. Not just because he is wonderfully entertaining, jolly and bright as a button at 93, but also because he has the most amazing home. He finds it highly amusing that I love going in the sheds – they are just sheds after all, full of old junk. To me they…

A few days ago I booked a train to London and have started filling up my time with more things than I can possibly fit into a 48-hour trip. The main reason (excuse) for the trip is to go to the Fashioning Diasporas conference, which is kind of for work and kind of for me.…

This time last year I was writing about finishing writing. That was Sew It Up, which has now been out for 7 months. When I wrote about finishing the last of the text it seemed like it was nearly over, although the checking, revising, proofing and fiddling about process lasted for another three months! So…