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The beautiful Japanese hand-printed fabric I received the other day has motivated me to start a new handwork project. I’m not sure where I’m going with this but so far I’ve cut up 135 3″ squares.
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I think hand-printed fabric deserves a hand-made project. So I’m planning to hand piece and hand quilt this. I saw a lovely video on the importance of handwork. If you’re interested to watch it you can find it here. I agree with the presenter – Renate Hiller. I think handwork connects us to the universe, to the Divine and to the natural world in a way that nothing else can. It really is a form of prayer if you do it mindfully. What do you think?
yeah I found it through Craft magazine on FB. They posted it earlier today, and I posted it to our Hand Quilting Forum. Go to the site mentioned on Craft. Some people made comments through FB that they’d taken classes there and loved them.
Glad you enjoyed the link!
yeah I found it through Craft magazine on FB. They posted it earlier today, and I posted it to our Hand Quilting Forum. Go to the site mentioned on Craft. Some people made comments through FB that they’d taken classes there and loved them.
Glad you enjoyed the link!
yeah I found it through Craft magazine on FB. They posted it earlier today, and I posted it to our Hand Quilting Forum. Go to the site mentioned on Craft. Some people made comments through FB that they’d taken classes there and loved them.
Glad you enjoyed the link!
I can fully understand the joy of handwork, there’s nothing like it. I think you’re very brave to cut up the fabric without a firm plan but they look luscious.
I can fully understand the joy of handwork, there’s nothing like it. I think you’re very brave to cut up the fabric without a firm plan but they look luscious.
I can fully understand the joy of handwork, there’s nothing like it. I think you’re very brave to cut up the fabric without a firm plan but they look luscious.
I have long thought and said that the applique that I sew is meditative. I’ve also explained its appeal as “mindless.” And what I mean by that is that it can be done without counting the way knitting can be and counted cross-stitch is done. And so I can applique and talk or applique and watch tv. And that’s appealing to me. I love how the stitches mount up and the blocks accumulate.
When I finish the black/white/red applique fans that I am currently working on I will not be bereft. I will just start another one and keep it. I will always have applique to do.
I will be so interested to see what you do with these lovely fabrics. And I am continually amazed at your productiveness which makes me feel like a tremendous slacker.
I have long thought and said that the applique that I sew is meditative. I’ve also explained its appeal as “mindless.” And what I mean by that is that it can be done without counting the way knitting can be and counted cross-stitch is done. And so I can applique and talk or applique and watch tv. And that’s appealing to me. I love how the stitches mount up and the blocks accumulate.
When I finish the black/white/red applique fans that I am currently working on I will not be bereft. I will just start another one and keep it. I will always have applique to do.
I will be so interested to see what you do with these lovely fabrics. And I am continually amazed at your productiveness which makes me feel like a tremendous slacker.
I have long thought and said that the applique that I sew is meditative. I’ve also explained its appeal as “mindless.” And what I mean by that is that it can be done without counting the way knitting can be and counted cross-stitch is done. And so I can applique and talk or applique and watch tv. And that’s appealing to me. I love how the stitches mount up and the blocks accumulate.
When I finish the black/white/red applique fans that I am currently working on I will not be bereft. I will just start another one and keep it. I will always have applique to do.
I will be so interested to see what you do with these lovely fabrics. And I am continually amazed at your productiveness which makes me feel like a tremendous slacker.
Prayer? Absolutely!!!!
Prayer? Absolutely!!!!
Prayer? Absolutely!!!!
Handwork has the same health benefits as meditation–lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, etc.
Working by hand is working at human speed. Much needed, IMHO, in this hectic world.
For me the biggest benefit of working by hand is that one stitches memories into the work at hand–I see a sweater I’ve knit & am immediately transported to Hadrian’s Wall sitting quietly knitting while my DD sketches some ruins while a hedgehog pokes out his head out to see what’s up–I can even smell the day. No memories attached to something sewn by machine–at least not for me.
Can’t say I’ve ever felt connected to the Divine or the universe–guess I’m not much at that sort of thing but I do feel connected to generations of women who sat & stitched.
Handwork has the same health benefits as meditation–lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, etc.
Working by hand is working at human speed. Much needed, IMHO, in this hectic world.
For me the biggest benefit of working by hand is that one stitches memories into the work at hand–I see a sweater I’ve knit & am immediately transported to Hadrian’s Wall sitting quietly knitting while my DD sketches some ruins while a hedgehog pokes out his head out to see what’s up–I can even smell the day. No memories attached to something sewn by machine–at least not for me.
Can’t say I’ve ever felt connected to the Divine or the universe–guess I’m not much at that sort of thing but I do feel connected to generations of women who sat & stitched.
Handwork has the same health benefits as meditation–lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, etc.
Working by hand is working at human speed. Much needed, IMHO, in this hectic world.
For me the biggest benefit of working by hand is that one stitches memories into the work at hand–I see a sweater I’ve knit & am immediately transported to Hadrian’s Wall sitting quietly knitting while my DD sketches some ruins while a hedgehog pokes out his head out to see what’s up–I can even smell the day. No memories attached to something sewn by machine–at least not for me.
Can’t say I’ve ever felt connected to the Divine or the universe–guess I’m not much at that sort of thing but I do feel connected to generations of women who sat & stitched.