Ruth O'Leary Textile Art

The second sheet of ferns next.  I have to confess, I don't like doing them much.  They'll look fine as part of the overall design, ...

I said the other day that I had some exciting news, and here it is: some of my work is forming part of the opening exhibition for a brand ne...

I've finished the second sheet of wood avens. After buttonhole stitching round the edges of the petals: I added the first band of s...

Next, another sheet of wood avens.  There are just five on this sheet rather than six like before, so it should take a little less time to d...

Sorry it's been such a long time since my last post, I have been busy, honestly!  Actually, that's been most of the problem - I'...

The next sheet I'll be working on is of three ferns.  The design for these is based on mountain male-fern ( Dryopteris oreades ), though...

Having completed the petals, I now need to fill in the space in the centre of each flower, and I'm going to do this using French knots. ...