Slow Stitching Workshop
Slow Stitching Workshop
Slow Stitching is an engaging process that helps us slow down the fast-forward pace we often live in with an emphasis on sustainability and centeredness. It can include several types of hand sewing, embroidery, fabric collage, mending, and quilting. Students will learn about a variety of stitch techniques and patterns and can choose from a selection of project ideas to complete a small piece in class. It can be functional (visible mending and repairing), decorative (as seen in Kantha quilts) or purely fun and creative. Many world stitching traditions have informed this movement, and each individual stitcher will bring their own unique vision and sensibility to it.
All tools and materials will be provided.
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Ellen Hess
Ellen Hess is a fiber artist and textile designer who has been a textile designer for both domestic and European textile firms. Ellen has served as the Textile/Structure program coordinator for Peters Valley Craft Education Center. She has been an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City for many years and has also taught at the Newark Museum Arts Workshop (N.J.), the Brookfield Craft Center, Peter’s Valley Craft Education Center, and national and regional fiber conferences such as the Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Conference, MAFA (MidAtlantic Fiber Association), and Stitches East. Ellen teaches, lectures, and leads workshops around the Northeast. She has written articles for Handwoven Magazine, and her textile works are in galleries, shops, collections, and museums in the U.S. and Canada.