Ruth O'Leary Textile Art

Back to the beginning again, with the third panel, the right hand one this time.  First up, a sheet with all the pearlworts for this panel: ...

As I was looking for a bit of practice with my new camera, my friend Steph suggested a trip to Gateshead riverside.  Gateshead, on the south...

A few weeks ago, Cynthia of California Stitching suggested that I show all the work completed on the panel so far.  This was a good idea, a...

Just the stems and tendrils to add on the right now - that might not sound like much, but it's still quite a bit of work. So here we g...

Moving on with the stems, it's time to do the central area of the panel.  First, the fern below the cowslip: Then the one above it: ...

All of the flowers have goldwork stems, plus there are some 'stems' that aren't related to any particular flower, which for want...

You may remember that last year I made the Kate's Crow  firescreen, as a birthday present for my sister, Kate.  This was made well in ad...