Simple Hand Sewing 35 slow stitching and mindful mending projects
Simple Hand Sewing: 35 Slow Stitching and Mindful Mending Projects by Laura Strutt, published by Ryland Peters & Small on October 4, 2022, is a guide that emphasizes the benefits of hand sewing for both personal well-being and environmental sustainability. This edition, comprising 128 pages, presents a collection of 35 thoughtfully designed projects aimed at enhancing hand-sewing skills while encouraging mindfulness and appreciation for the craft. The book introduces various techniques such as visible mending, sashiko, and embroidery, allowing readers to create useful and creative items.
Readers will find a diverse range of projects that promote slow stitching and mindful mending, from crafting a boro bowl using fabric scraps to revamping a beanie hat with floral embroidery. The book encourages upcycling and sustainability, featuring ideas like adding elbow patches to favorite sweaters or decorating home spaces with unique embroidery designs. Each project invites readers to take their time and enjoy the sewing process, making it a fulfilling experience that aligns with the principles of mindfulness and creativity in sewing.
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Feel the benefits of sewing by hand for your wellbeing and for the planet with these mindful and sustainable makes.
Hand sewing is a great way to practice mindfulness through craft. Laura Strutt has designed these 35 projects specially to develop your hand-sewing skills, but also to help you slow down, enjoy the moment, and appreciate the rewards of your work. Using a number of different techniques including visible mending, sashiko, embroidery, thread doodling, boro, and abstract embroidery, Laura shows you how to incorporate these methods into making something useful, creative, and sustainable. For the home, you can make a boro bowl from scraps of fabric, or adorn a simple cushion cover with an embroidered mandala. From your closet, revive a beanie hat by adding some floral embroidery to the rim, or use sashiko stitching on fabric-covered buttons for a new look. Decorate your home with a floating embroidery design in a hoop, or a simple banner using colourful couching stitches over twisted rope. Think of the planet as you upcycle a blouse with detail stitching and new sleeve trim, or make elbow patches to cover the holes in your favorite sweater. Whichever project you choose, take time to enjoy the process and simply sew.
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