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Handwork is Satisfying

I have continued with Slow Stitch and finished another piece today.  This one took a different direction than the previous one and wound up in the More is More category.  I can’t decide if  I over worked it (which is easy to do when I am doing something new) or pushed it [...]

Handwork-A New Direction

Slow Spectrum

This is my first attempt with rhythmic large scale hand stithing, sometimes referred to as: Big Stitch.  I decided to use a block/composition and use slow stitch in colorful thread. Combining vivid colors together create expressive and dynamic compositions.  I want to experiment [...]

2010 Dedication: The Year of the Stitch

I made a wonderful discovery today.  A site called: Slow Planet

This site is the perfect jumping off point to kick of my dedication for 2010 as The Year of the STITCH. In fact, the December 9th, 2009 post on Slow Planet, by Elaine Lipson, sums up the term: SLOW perfectly.

Her [...]