Ruth O'Leary Textile Art

With the design painted onto the organza, I can start to stitch over it, starting with the apples. As you probably guessed from the paint,...

The next stage in the process is definitely new for me: painting the fabric. I used diluted acrylic paints, and very carefully painted in ...

I'm going to make a fire screen based on the 'apple tree' design on my late 19th century wardrobe, which to remind you, looks li...

Today's post is mostly about furniture, but it will get round to embroidery in the end! Having finished the OBOD banner, I need a new ...

And here it is: That should give you a better idea of the scale, too - it's quite large! It's been a pleasure to work on - I...

Last time, I'd got as far as adding the tabs for the carrying pole along the top.  The pole itself will be in two parts, in a 'T...

Time to start putting the banner together. The banner is lined with a piece of quite heavy cotton canvas cut to the final size, to give it...