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"Take pleasure in simple stitches and simple processes.\n\nThis workshop mixes the principals of eco craft with the ancient tradition of slow stitching. See how to slow down and experience more joy in your craft by trying simple techniques based on traditional practice, reusing and reinventing materials with limited equipment. Enjoy the sense of achievement that comes with producing your own unique and beautiful artwork.\n\nSlow Stitch allows you to take time for yourself to relax and unwind. Using the practice of mindfulness, where you focus your full attention only on the present, experiencing thoughts, feelings, and sensations but not judging them, can reduce stress and physical pain.\n\nThis workshop will draw inspiration from the textiles of India and Bangladesh in Kantha work and Japanese Sashiko stitching and Boro mending as you take a mixture of repurposed, recycled, inherited, and vintage textiles to create the background for your artwork.\n\nThis is a slow, whimsical process, which results in a layered textile artwork which is unique to each maker. Throughout the workshop, we will explore the use of texture, stitch, and colour. Your piece could then be used to create a pouch, a sewing book, a bag or even added to an item of clothing - it&#039;s up to you!\n \nSlow stitching centres around the “make do and mend” and “waste not, want not” ethos of yesteryear. It is a nod to the generations that came before ours in which reusing and recycling were necessary and admirable. This is not a complicated process which relies on numerous fancy, perfectly executed stitches and fastidious neatness, but rather, it&#039;s about embracing the timeworn nature of our materials, and the individuality of our stitching methods. \n\nSlow stitching uses mindful and contemplative stitching as a way to engage with the textile artist within us in a creative and reflective way. It can become a gentle practice to connect you to the present moment, where you reuse old materials and make something beautiful or useful out of them.\n\nThere are no templates to follow and definitely no right or wrong way to approach your Slow Stitch project. Relax and unwind whilst experiencing the joy and gratification of being immersed in mindful creativity, hand stitching a personalised work of art. Gain the well-being benefits of mindful creating and crafting."
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