Craft /Embroidery
Slow Stitching 101: Soothing & Cozy Sewing Moments
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Skills you will gain
1. Sewing 3 stitches with variations
2. Creating a Slow Stitching Playing Card
3. Adding Fabric Swatches to An Existing Piece
4. Practice techniques to delve into meditation and the mind-body connection
Course description
Slow stitching is a process of needlework or hand sewing, similar to traditional embroidery or hand quilting, but without restrictions. It’s a method of using your hands to sew stitches between fabric and thread, with an emphasis on the process and the calming effects that are generated.
Tangibly, stitches reenforce, repair, or attach fabric pieces together, not with the intention of making a perfect piece, but in seeing the beauty in salvaging what you already have, and recognizing the value of the effort and time it takes to do so.
By using repetitive strokes and stitches, the slow stitching approach becomes soothing and comforting. Users feel the softness of the fabric, fall into a rhythm pulling stitches, and get lost in the moment, to achieve a sense of calmness.
In today’s Slow Stitching Class, I’ll introduce 3 essential stitches and demonstrate how they are used in slow stitching. From this needlework basis, users can vary the techniques to create unique and personal art. For a specific project, students will create their own Slow Stitching Playing Card using a needle, thread, and fabric pieces. By engaging in simple, routine actions, the stitching becomes somewhat meditative.
Class contains lessons that review the essential stitching tools, three traditional stitches, and two Project Challenges. Also included is a Class Download with a supply list and Class Overview.
Course content
Section 1.Slow Stitching 101: Class Intro
1m1 Slow Stitching Class Intro
1m
Section 2.Basic Supplies
5m2 Basic Supplies
0m
Class Supplies and Overview
5m
Section 3.About: Needles
3mTake a more in depth look into the supplies used in slow stitching. Some materials are not required, but optional or helpful.
3 About Needles
3m
Section 4.About Needle Threader
3m4 About Needle Threader
3m
Section 5.About Thread
2m5 About Thread
2m
Section 6.Additional Tools
2m6 Additional Tools
2m
Section 7.About: Fabric
2m7 About Fabric
2m
Section 8.Stitching
2m8 Stitching
2m
Section 9.Stitch #1: The Running Stitch
3m9 The Running Stitch
3m
Section 10.Stitch #2: The Back Stitch
1m10 The Backstitch
1m
Section 11.Stitch #3: The Split Stitch
3m11 Split Stitch
3m
Section 12.Simple Stitch Variations
2m12 Simple Stitch Variations
2m
Section 13.Project #1 Composition: Playing Card
3m13 Playing Card Project Composition
3m
Section 14.Project #1 Slow Stitching
6m14 Slow Stitching Playing Card
6m
Section 15.Project #2 Composition
3m15 Project #2 Composition
3m
Section 16.Project #2 Slow Stitching
4m16 Slow Stitching Project #2
4m
Section 17.Class Wrap Up
3m17 T Wrap Up
3m
Requirements
Course Materials include 3x4 cotton fabric swatch, additional smaller fabric pieces, needle, thread, basic sewing tools (scissors, thimble, beeswax). No previous sewing experience is required.

Beginner
56m
English
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