Category: Ruth Singer

I haven’t vanished, I’ve just been asleep! Origin was enjoyable, stressful, exciting and boring at various points and extraordinarily tiring. I’ve been trying to catch up on sleep all week, with limited success. I had a great time, some fantastic feedback, sales and contacts. I was really lucky to be on an aisle with great…

Origin countdown 0 days and a few hours. Well, I’ll be off in a few hours after a little more packing and hopefully some sleeping. Monday is drive down to London and setting up, and open to the public 9am Tuesday morning for a private view, and on til 9pm with a late evening private…

Origin is now 5 days away. I feel like there ought to be an air of desperation and panic in my voice, but somehow I’m feeling quite ok about it all. I think its just resignation that I really can’t do much more in the time left, so there is no point worrying. This may…

Origin countdown 7 days. I feel like I’m on a speeding train hurtling towards Origin without any stops. The last week has whizzed by with barely time to notice the scenery. I did maked a couple of scheduled stops in London last week including a very successful meeting with a publisher, which I hope to…

Origin countdown 13 days. Here’s my little scarflette that I mentioned. I’ve only had time to make a few of these for the show, yet this one has sneaked in my bag and come home to hang out with the rest of my wardrobe to see how it likes being my own. I think it…

Origin countdown 16 days. Yesterday: pleat, pleat, pleat a bit more, ruffle, ruffle, ruffle a lot more.Today: Brief intermission for training (on how to fill in forms) and then pleat, pleat, pleat a bit more, ruffle, ruffle, ruffle a lot more. (the stack of scarves waiting to be pleated and pretending to be a Paul…

Origin countdown 19 days. It’s been a scarf day today. I’ve got a nice stack of 10 ready to pleat. My sewing machine in threatening to go on strike at the mere thought. Why do they always need a service when I am too busy to part with them? I should learn from this and…

Origin countdown 24 days

Origin countdown 25 days I love to finish things. To tie off the last thread, snip off the last frayed edges, to press and to fold and to put away in a stock box, or better still, to put on, or hang up.I finally completed my first large framed panel ready for Origin. This piece…

Origin countdown 26 days I spoke to soon. Or at least I blogged too soon. The chair plan has been postponed because poor Lisa has injured her wrist, making upholstering impossible. However, all is not lost. I am using one of the fabrics on another chair which I can cover myself. In actual fact, this…