Slow stitch : mindful and contemplative textile art

✍ Scribed by Wellesley-Smith, Claire

• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Overview: Sometimes less is more—and quality is more important than quantity. That's true in textile art too, and this much-needed guide brings a meaningful, thoughtful, and sustainable approach to stitchery. See how to slow down and experience more joy in your craft by trying simple techniques based on traditional practice, reusing and reinventing materials, and limiting equipment. Richly illustrated throughout, this inspirational book will connect with those who seek a new way of working—whether it's starting a stitch journal or joining a community of like-minded artists.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Title
Contents
Introduction
Part One: Slow
What is the Slow Movement and how does it relate to textiles?
Sustainability and resource efficiency
Locality and localism
Natural rhythms: cyclical and seasonal practice
Part Two: Materials and techniques
Limit setting: less can be more
What's in the cupboard? Using what you have
Collecting and sourcing materials
New materials
Upcycling and re-using old projects
Slow-dyed threads using local colour
The right tools: equipment suggestions
Simple stitches: getting started with hand-stitch rhythms
Part Three: Cross-cultural activity Universal traditionsKantha
Mending revisited
Japanese boro
Piecing and patching
Part Four: Contemplative
Reflective and mindful practice
Stitch journals --
a regular practice
Stitching, walking, mapping
Stitching community: communal projects, wellbeing and health
Mindfulness and making
Seed to fabric projects
The Manitoulin Circle Project
Narratives through cloth
Conclusion
Useful suppliers
Further reading
Index
Acknowledgements
Copyright

✦ Subjects

Textile crafts.