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November 28, 2022
Suffolk puffs and handmade buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

Suffolk puffs and handmade buttons

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November 22, 2022
The BEST friends ever! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I'm almost done with the writing, and I hope to have it wrapped up by tomorrow morning! That will be a relief, and I MUST NOT let the deadline creep up on me in the future. I say this every time, and every time it happens again, and that is NOT responsible of me as it affects other people. I'm always yakking about respect, and I need to follow my own guidelines!

OK -- can I just stop here a second and brag about my friends? I have the BEST friends in the world. They are smart, they are ...

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October 24, 2022
sorting out from Karen Ann Ruane

buttons, beads and embroidery thread

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August 27, 2022
five buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

five hand wrapped white buttons, finishing touches

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July 23, 2022
just seams from Karen Ann Ruane

hand embroidered seams

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July 19, 2022
chat and stash from Karen Ann Ruane

We held the first Zoom sessions of my new subscription class yesterday. We chatted, we stitched, (we melted in the heat....those of us in the UK) and I produced this!...

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July 15, 2022
hand embroidered buttons [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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hand embroidered buttons

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hand embroidered buttons and happy mail from Karen Ann Ruane

Six hand embroidered buttons with ribbon ties....they can also lose the ribbon and be attached...

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July 11, 2022
buttons and hand made braids from Karen Ann Ruane

a table full of stitching bits

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May 26, 2022
hand wrapped buttons for a seam [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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hand wrapped buttons for a seam

I have hand wrapped small buttons to embellish a seam on this cloth
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hand covered buttons for a seam from Karen Ann Ruane

hand covered buttons for a seam

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March 20, 2022
gimp, embroidery threads and hand wrapped buttons. from Karen Ann Ruane

gimp, embroidery threads and hand wrapped buttons.

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March 15, 2022
recording colour, buttons and thread wraps. [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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recording colour, buttons and thread wraps.

recording colour, button cards with thread wrapping inspired by recent work.
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recording colour from Karen Ann Ruane

textile/surface design, recording colour.

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March 13, 2022
hexagons and hand wrapped buttons [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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hexagons and hand wrapped buttons

I have been replenishing my stash of hand made buttons and small patchwork pieces. You can never have too many buttons and the patchwork pieces are really useful for page embellishment in artist books.
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hexagons and buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

hexagons and hand wrapped buttons

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March 9, 2022
hand wrapped buttons [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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hand wrapped buttons

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buttons as a colour reference from Karen Ann Ruane

hand wrapped buttons, a colour reference tool

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October 21, 2021
finishing touches from Karen Ann Ruane

finishing touches, an embroidered book

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October 19, 2021
hand embroidered buttons [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

hand embroidered buttons

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