Category: Ruth Singer

I have a fascination with working with leather. As a vegetarian, this can be rather difficult. I have resolved this by only working with scrap, re-claimed or re-used leather. I did my first ever leatherwork making a pair or medieval turn shoes when I was a student. I didn’t make the best job of it…

A little rosé on a summer evening is a fine thing. Pair this with sunshine and a second full day of play at Wimbledon (at last) it is superb. Add a British win to this mix and things are pretty perfect. I always found Henman dull in the extreme, and the British fanatics excessive, but…

Now and again, I get chance to sew for myself. Things are a little quieter on the work front this time of year – carefully planned to allow lots of Wimbledon viewing. The endless rain delays last week gave me time to knock up a couple of new pillowcases. I’ve been thinking for ages that…

This is my entry for the Tie One On apron-fest for June – July, with the theme of pockets. Never one to go for the really obvious, I wanted to make something with a pocket, but not just an apron with a pocket, more a conceptual apron that just happens to include a pocket. The…

This is a tutorial on creating detailed transfer printed designs. I came up with this idea when I was running a workshop at Bilston Craft Gallery. I wasn’t at all sure what to do with teenage boys, and came up with the idea of t-shirt transfers. The usual thing to do with t-shirt transfers is…

I have been woefully neglectful of my online presences, both on this blog and on Flickr. Flickr is now updated with a random selection of pictures of what I have been doing the last couple of weeks, and a selection are also here, in absolutely no order at all. – walking on Dartmoor -running workshops…

The last event I ran as part of the residency took place on 31st March and unusually for me, involved poetry. I worked with Deborah Tyler-Bennett, a well known local poet and creative writing tutor to run a session for Women Who Write, a group from Wolverhampton. The session was an experimental one, combining practical…

Goodness it’s a long time since I posted. I have at last returned from my rushing around the country doing shows (and having a small holiday). Both of the shows took place on scorching hot weekends when no-one seems to have wanted to go shopping. Nonetheless, a good time was had, and the pennies in…

I’ve been watching admiringly and jealously as Martha at Uniform Studio produces some stunning spring collections. I admire because of the complexity that is the underpinning of the simplicity of her designs. I am jealous because I want to be designing new things at the moment. I know, I know, I just designed and made…

When I went to Suffolk last week I spotted a great junk shop and came home with these goodies. 1940s dressing gown pattern. If I ever make a dressing gown, I want to look as elegant as these ladies do. Yards and yards of upholstery braid. I’m really into green this spring. The colour green…