Ruth O'Leary Textile Art

Embroidery and inspirations

Thursday, 30 December 2010

...and to the left

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Same again, but to the left of the cowslips this time.  A few stems added: A few more flowers linked up: Leaves and ferns joined toget...
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Monday, 27 December 2010

To the right of the cowslip...

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I hope you all had a happy and peaceful holiday; I had a lovely day with family, followed by a complete day off, doing nothing whatsoever. B...
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Thursday, 23 December 2010

Curved stems

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Other than the cowslips, all the stems on the panel are wavy or curved.  I applied all the flowers more or less by eye, aided a lot by the g...
Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Cowslip stems

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The flower stems are quite flowing (well, most of them), so I've decided to start from the centre again and work out, to get the flow ri...
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Monday, 20 December 2010

Edging the rest of the flowers

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I've been stitching for hours , trying to get caught up on the bottom panel of the Banner.  My (self-imposed) deadline for completion wa...
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Saturday, 18 December 2010

Edging the cowslips

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The cowslips are easily the fiddliest of all the flowers.  They're pretty, but fiddly.  You may remember that I gave up all hope of cutt...
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Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Gold edging (continued)

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I'm running a bit behind schedule at the moment - there's too much else to do at this time of year! - but I have done more of the go...
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Ruth O'Leary
I'm an embroiderer and textile artist based in Sunderland, North East England. I mostly use traditional techniques, and particularly love goldwork, appliqué, and split stitch.

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