Slow stitching projects

What is slow stitching? A lot of fun! Learn how to get started with slow stitching and enjoy this creative textile art.

We had an ice storm in the early part of January and while we were house bound by the weather I discovered “slow stitching.” I fell in love with the process and the meditative qualities of these small hand stitching projects and I thought you might also like them! What is slow stitching? Slow st

This week we are creating a slow stitching panel, taking time to enjoy the process and decide just what this beautiful piece might become...

A beautiful use for all those scraps: raw edge applique with different stitch ideas for attaching each leaf.

Slow stitching is a new art form built on old traditions. The movement was originally spearheaded by Mark Lipinksi, one of the quilting industry's most...

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.

I've been doing more slow stitching in the evenings, sitting on the sofa surrounded by tiny scraps of fabric and colourful threads, needles, pins and scissors at the ready. I so enjoyed sewing my Slow Stitching - Shapes that I thought I would do something similar but with a flower theme. These are all about 6" square and, as with the "Shapes" I didn't plan any of the sewing, but just let the pictures evolve. Each one started with a square of blue stripe fabric backed with some wadding, and I…

I finally started stitching again. Last year was such a creative slump for me... well not so much a whole slump but definitely less real creative making than I wished for. And lots more angst. We all had that didn’t we!!?? In my online chats with people I found that some dove deep into their making