Category: Ruth Singer

I’m all packed up and ready to go. Several weeks of stress, preparing, sewing, website-ing, press-releasing, mailing, packing, planning, more sewing and a lot more stress and here we are ready to go. I had hoped that I would be ready in time to have a day off today, and go walking in the sunshine.…

One of the many things I’ve been busily doing behind the scenes for the last few months is a completely new website. I’m really pleased with it – as usual its been a mammoth task and looks deceptively simple. Let me know if you spot any glitches – I hope you wont. Just enjoy! Design…

Here’s a few small pieces I have made for Origin.I’ve completed several big pieces too, but as always, photographing them is a challenge. I haven’t managed too well on these. Photography is turning out to be my biggest headache, and one which I MUST get sorted out soon. On TO DO list in big letters.…

I’ve just posted about the locations used in the bookplus lots of new pics, over here.

I was pleased to find that the location used to shoot some of the finished projects in the book was recently featured on a couple of design blogs. The picture of the red skirt on the previous post was shot there, as was this stunning picture (another project preview for you!). Photo by Jan Baldwin…

I’ve put up another two project previews on Sew It Up.

Apologies for this having taken so long. Here’s two project previews from the book, to make up for the long absence… Circle Skirt The instructions are for drafting your own personalised pattern for a circular skirt. Handbag Large wool handbag with outside and inside pockets. I’ve used the sample bag so much. I love it!…

Yesterday, whilst browsing Country Girl Couture (which I found via Wardrobe Refashion) I found this post, about a little girl’s dress made from a 1950s pattern. It seemed strangely familar, so I went back to my own pattern stash, and lo and behold: the grown-up version. I find the whole mum and daughter matching thing…

After the last very, very long post, here is a short and sweet one. I’ve finished this piece, with about 300 folded and stitched leaves. This is just a detail. Its going to the framers this afternoon.