Stitch And Listen

14 Jun

I have been working on making art in some form or fashion every day. This daily practice feeds my soul and calms my anxiety about the state of the world.

Small works of art 3×4
Sketches from the couch in a small journal.
Our art group has started back. 1, 2 and 5 minute sketches.

This week I started a new art practice that I had never heard of, slow stitching. Years ago I was a hand quilter. I prided myself in tiny, perfect stitches made with teeny, tiny needles. As my vision diminished and I could no longer thread those minuscule needles, nor see to make the same lovely stitches, I quit. Flat out, no more quilting. I refused to become a machine quilter, the sacrilege!

This week I found a YouTube video demonstrating slow stitching. Needle in, needle out, no need for perfection or even a pattern. I had the perfect shirt to embellish and I am LOVING IT. The video said, pick your work up, put it down, only work when you feel like it, no pressure.

My lovely imperfect stitches.

NO PRESSURE, breathe, relax, just what I needed. The same goes for this blog. Some days the inspiration is loud and clear. Other days I have to be quiet and listen. Today is one of those listening days. Stitch and listen.

DOS TORTAS

Slow stitching, the vid that inspired.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WFRnnCD9MjU?si=m2Lp9R9IKBBu_qhz

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