Category: Ruth Singer

Although its deep January, full-on winter, I’ve been noticing Autumn colours creeping into my life. Wool birken-slippersShoe shopping. Number 2 on my list of nice things to do when in London.Apparently they look like cut-off wellies. But I don’t care. They are the best slippers ever. Green wool felt, Birkenstock insoles, also lined in wool…

I was blessed with a nothing-to-do day in London, a couple of weeks ago, thanks to some teaching being canceled and having already booked a train. So I went for a day out and indulged in some of my favourite things.Number 1 Vintage handbags. A small, fairly restrained obsession. This one is vast, very tatty…

I always have had an eye for the little things, decorative details, quirky stuff. When I was a teenager, into photography, I liked nothing better than cycling around my town, photographing the details of Victorian houses; doorknobs, terracotta tiles, peeling paint, brick patterns. I am the child of an architectural historian, after all, and the…

After a busy and sometimes stressful year, I finally was able to visit my lovely friend Jenny in Switzerland this Christmas. What a treat! Jenny and I met in India in 2002, and she came to see me in London 4 years ago, but we’ve not seen each other since. Seeing a new country is…

I saw these in an exhibition in London last week. Really shows how stunning paper beads can be in good hands. More info here – Seon-Hwa Lee was spotted ages ago by Feltbug, who has an eye for good design.

Now that these pieces are safely delivered I can share them with you. The panels are a set of 3, each 30x30cm made from the Thai silk and organza left over from Helen‘s wedding dress, commissioned as a wedding momento (for her husband!). Mantua Frill Garrick Betty It was fun making these – I always…

As promised, here is stage two of recovering a drop-in chair seat. Stage one, the destruction of the original, is here. I picked up some tacks from the local hardware shop which were not brilliant and I suspect proper upholstery nails would have been a lot more effective. I am using flat-headed nails about 1.5cm…

Notice is hereby given that I am no longer making this coat.I have finally accepted that its a summer pattern and and designed with no ease, therefore too tight to wear with winter woolies. And also too complicated to make in a hurry and to make all the adjustments and tweaks I would like to.…

But I wasn’t.Another picture of cat and boots. I’m sorry, I’m really busy. He’s a cutie though, eh? I’m just finished off some commissioned panels for Helen, using her left over wedding dress fabric. Its been interesting! More on that when they are finished and safely delivered. Also getting ready for the pom pom fest…

Woah! Really busy. Just checking in to show off my new boots. Bought specially to match the cat. A different angle. And Ebbie from a different angle. Tomorrow’s exciting blog installment will be the other cat posing with my new walking boots. I know, the tension is too much. Hang in there, there will be…