Slow stitch meditation - Andrea 24th Sept 2022

Dear Lincoln Stitchers,

Here are a few words about slow stitch meditation.

Slow Stitch Meditation is a relaxing, yet very creative process.

It is a bit like colouring in or doodling in your sketchbook, but think of it more as doodling or colouring in with thread.

Stitch Meditation doesn't have a real purpose to achieve some outcomes nor the deadline.

We only use crayon rubbing of natural leaves or other materials as a loose guidance which we may choose to follow.

It's not necessary to use any guidance at all... just stitching, a slowmeditative process to help us rid ourselves of daily stress and other hindrances accumulated over our lifetime. Empty our minds for the time being, concentrating on our hands, fabric and needle & thread. It could be 5 minutes or 5 hours, it's your call.

We may use our final product to embellish something purposeful, if we choose to, but that's not the intention of the slow stitch meditation.

Slow stitch meditation evolves itself, it doesn't need to be perfect nor pretty. It serves only us, The Stitchers aka Stitching Beings, to bring our mind in peace.

I personally found that relaxing with Stitch Meditation over the 30 days in January is the best time to free my mind of all duties, expectations and pressures of Christmas time and New Year's festivities. It's also my time to detox from social media. I usually start on the 2nd of January and carry on throughout the month. It's a liberating process bringing a real quality of focus and concentration on my own being. I hope you will find this purposeless process equally beneficial.

 

With love, Andrea

@Lincoln 24/09/2022

Results - Andrea's stitch club 24th September 2022

 please send photos of any finished work

Here is a poster for a free art workshop open to all

location below

October stitch club to be run by Kathy Paton Sat 22nd Oct

 This is taking place on Saturday 22nd October (as suggested by Julie and Judith), despite my muddling with other dates.

Kathy will let us have topic and requirements ASAP

all the best, Kate 

Change of topic and tutor for Sept this year - Crayon rubbing and stitch with Andrea - stitch club for 24th Sept 2022

 Free hand meditation stitching/embroidery of crayon rubbings 

 Materials: 

·  Different sizes and shapes of  leaves (maple, oak, fern, eucalyptus, camelia, mahonia - any leafs from trees or plants)

please harvest in your garden, woodland, etc so we have a variety to choose from

·  Alternatively, you can use stamps or doily crayon rubbings if you prefer something symmetrical but please bring those yourself. Another idea is textured wallpaper

·  Calico fabric (bring your own if you have. If not I'll have spare squares/rectangles)

·  Crayons (will be provided)

·  Iron (will be provided)

·  Baking paper (will be provided)

·  Embroidery cotton's, fancy threads etc with rest of sewing kit

·  Embroidery hoop (bring your own if you prefer using it but it's not necessary)