Ruth O'Leary Textile Art

Embroidery and inspirations

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

St Cuthbert's Banner - the final bit of embroidery

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Well it's been a long time coming, but I have finally done the very last of the embroidery for the Banner.  As milestones along the way ...
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Sunday, 27 November 2011

Goldwork stems and tendrils - left (and a bit)

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Things are really coming along now, with most of the goldwork flower stems and tendrils done.  Here are the three ferns on the left (sorry a...
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Sunday, 20 November 2011

The rest of the goldwork edging

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I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted - I hadn't realised it was such a long time ago.  Sorry about that! But ...
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Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Goldwork edging for the flowers

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Or some of them, anyway.  As I was up the right-hand end of the panel anyway, I started the edging at that end.  There's no need to reor...
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Sunday, 30 October 2011

And all of the flowers on the right

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Sorry for not having written in ages, but while I may not have been blogging, I have been sewing, and have applied all of the flowers to the...
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Saturday, 22 October 2011

The rest of the flowers on the left

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I'm pressing ahead as fast as I can here, to try and get everything finished.  As such, I've got quite a lot more done, and have now...
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Flowers centre and left

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I've been busy.  I've made a good start with getting the flowers applied to the background, starting with the cowslip in the centre:...
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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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