Ruth Singer

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  • Freestyle embroidery

    Freestyle embroidery

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    I recently got to revisit this embroidery I made a few years ago to write a post for my Textile Study Space about freestyle, no rules embroidery. The post (for subscribers) is about techniques, experimenting and finding your own style and about knowing what feels right and what doesn’t. I ended up getting very self…

  • Isolated Moments

    Isolated Moments

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    I have created an embroidery project for Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, inspired by my time in lockdown.

  • Commissions

    Commissions

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    In recent months I have completed a couple of commissions.   The large panel is worked onto blue linen with scraps of antique fabrics including 18th century tapestry, 19th century embroidery and 17th century brocade. I’ve added lots of hand embroidery details and several found objects embellished with hand stitch and silk threads. The objects…

  • Slow Stitch Embroidery Group at Ruth Singer Studio

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    Slow Stitch takes place on Friday evenings 6-9pm at Ruth Singer Studio Slow Stitch has finished for 2014, more dates for 2015 will be announced soon. Slow Stitch events are for anyone who loves hand stitching: embroidery, cross stitch, needlepoint and tapestry. These are social events; bring along your stitching and meet like-minded thread-obsessives to…

  • Trapunto Quilting

    Trapunto Quilting

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    Trapunto, Italian quilting or stuffed quilting is an old and rather under-appreciated technique which I am a huge fan of. Unlike ‘normal’ quiting, where two layers of fabric have a layer of wadding between them and are stitched through all the layers, Trapunto uses two layers of fabric and the stuffing is only placed in…

  • 2014 textiles workshops

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    Just a brief outline of the new workshops to come in 2014, full details soon! Workshops 2014 All workshops are 10am-4pm on Saturdays at Ruth Singer Studio, Leicester. £55 each or book 3 for £150 Miniature Art Quilts. 25th January Shadow Embroidery. 23rd February Cut-surface quilting. 22nd March Family Stories. 26th April Handmade fabrics. 31st…

  • New Work :: New York

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    I’m slightly astonished at the amount of new work I am churning out at the moment. I usually work on one project at a time, but suddenly, this autumn, there are lots of exhibition deadlines which is pressured but wonderful. My latest completed work is for a Design Factory showcase in New York at the…

  • The Making of Metamorphosis

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    More images of the whole piece here A few months ago I saw an opportunity advertised locally for artists to make work using the idea of metamorphosis and using an object in the collections of New Walk Museum as inspiration, as part of a conference in the School of Museum Studies at Leicester University.  I…