With these tips, you'll be able to create beautiful projects with your slow stitching. Ways to plan before you begin an improv quilt or stitched piece and ideas for how to fix a project you don’t love (which can happen in our work at times and becomes a 'learning' for the next piece).

I’m working through my WIPS, my UFOs and the emotions of the finishing vs not finishing things. I always save every little scrap of fabric and half-made thing just in case I ‘need’ it again. Throwing things away that could become something is hard.

Slow Stitching is a new term for an age-old practice of quiet gentle making, mending, repair and stitching. Here’s what slow stitching is and how to do it, as well as what you can make from all your beautiful stitched pieces.

The stitch circle community is an online space to connect, share, inspire, create and converse with hand stitching enthusiasts and textiles lovers from all around the world. Here’s some of their creative makings - pouches and a book pouch

Improv quilts sometimes meander where we haven’t quite planned, which can mean a mess that isn’t really inspiring. This can be good for the journey of learning. But a great way to help with this is to choose colours colors before you begin that help with the focus on the quilt design.