20 things in 20 minutes! 20 easy to make slow stitching project ideas for your embroidered pieces! 

Glad to see that not everyone is easily offended. My kids are obsessed with Japanese culture.

I've used slow stitching to cover trinket boxes

Most cultures have similar stitching patterns. Quilting was & still is often done with running stitch in different designs. Whilst Sashiko is quite geometric in style as is also quilting in some other cultures, other forms were more relaxed & freeform. Quilts or quilted items can be made using thinner fabric layers, either plain or patchwork with batting or a wool layer in between, others are made with just one or two thicker layers of fabric. Many quilts were historically made using more robust parts of old worn clothing, shirts, skirts, dresses, etc, which in themselves had often been darned with running stitch to extend their life. Running stitch quilting is in Worldwide use in one form or another.

I have watched a few Sashiko videos and my work will never be like that. I do mimic the idea and have been patching my husbands work clothes. Knees for sure. Why keep buying new pants? I enjoy the work.

@@MickMickey you work just needs to be enjoyed by you! I did the same for all of mine.

Best thing to do with yoru slow stitching, just stroke it!

Great idea!

They are still playing with them!

Thank you for your support x

That's a briliant idea!

I was looking at her neck piece also

I was looking and wondering too!

Haha! Me, too!!

No I confess I didn't...I found it at the bottom of my scarf drawer the other week!

Yes! New to this as well. I was hoping to use some of this as patches on clothing, jeans specifically. Maybe as a form of visible mending. So many great ideas and I'm excited to get started. Perfect projects for cold winter days.

Judy--I'd be interested in offering a slow stitching class at our local public library or my senior group. I'd love to know what supplies you asked them to bring and any guidelines you could offer me. I gotten into it last year and have a large fabric, etc. stash. Thank you!

Oops. I meant I got into it last year.

@@kayherstedt6618 Hello Kay. Our workshop in early June or July, Jeffersonville, IN, was quite popular. I limited the group size to 10. And then 2 more were on the waiting list. So I invited them. Most hadn’t hand sewn (or any kind of sewn). So I was busy teaching. You may want to qualify skills. The Library offered all materials free of charge. It took so little. And we get donations to our makerspace. If you want people to bring supplies, use Sarah’s video for examples. Also, I offered 6 examples for projects. Only one person was skilled enough to produce on her own. Only one person finished her project - a glasses case, with my needed supervision. A mother and daughter sewed quietly and chatted. That was how I pictured the workshop - with chatting among the whole group. Our session was a little more chaotic. A couple people who made little progress signed up for our basic sewing class. My bottom line advice is to offer a class in which you teach the skills and limit the projects to one or two. Or schedule a workshop, maybe a series of sessions for your friends. You could demonstrate specific stitches and help as they work on their projects. I’ve taught the basic sewing class at our Library going on the third year . . . 4 2-hour sessions per month, 6 months per year. Students are limited to 6. We have 4 machines. So anyone who can bring their own machine uses it in class. We make either an apron or a tote bag featuring sewing on curves and straight seams, with a few other basic skills. I also teach a class on laying and cutting patterns and one 3-hour session on installing zippers and hidden pockets, hemming pants and skirts, and making button holes. I went overboard on my response to your question. I’m in awe over the level of need and thrilled that people respond so enthusiastically. The testimonies I hear after the classes from women and men 20 to 80 and girls and boys 7 to 18 is highly encouraging. You’re welcome to contact me through Facebook iMessage if you want more details on the slow stitching workshop. You have my very best wishes on your session. Pls let me know how it goes. Judy Martin

@@kayherstedt6618 Hello again, Kay. I replied to your comment today. It was quite detailed. Still, I don’t see it here at all. Pls let me know if you found it.

Judy--I lost this msg but found you again. I forget what videos I watched! I find it difficult to navigate all the replies. Can you please send it again? Thank you!

Thank you Rebecca xX

I didn't...I found it at the bottom of a drawer the other week!

You can use velcro, press studs, ties...

Calico or unbleached cotton

I think basically you can use whatever you want for hand stitching. There’s no hard and fast rules for this pleasurable slow stitching. It’s supposed to be relaxing and a use for left fabrics, buttons, lace, threads, etc. it’s all up to you to use what you have!

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