5 ways to make your slow stitching project look amazing
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).
finishing projects & deciding what’s not worth finishing
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.
Making zen online stitching retreat
The Making Zen Stitching Retreat is a beautiful group of people who you will just love to learn from. I will be sharing how to make my drawstring circular treasure pouch. You’ll also learn intuitive quilting, visible mending, spiderweb blanket stitch and lots more.
Free live sessions with pricing tiers including bonus courses, and conversations with the artists and makers
What is slow stitching & how to do it
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.
stitch community projects
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
quilt - a simple map of my heart & some colour ideas
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.