<p>The pleasures to be had from slowing down can be many, with connections to sustainability, simplicity, reflection, and tuning into traditional and other multicultural textile traditions.</p> <p><em>Slow Stitch</em> is a much-needed guide to adopting a less-is-more approach, valuing quality over quantity, and bringing a meaningful and thoughtful approach to textile practice.</p> <p>Claire Wellesley-Smith introduces a range of ways in which you can slow your textile work down, including:</p> <ul><li>Using simple techniques inspired by traditional practice (including hand-stitch rhythms)</li><li>Reusing and re-inventing materials (reuse even old textile projects)</li><li>Limiting your equipment</li><li>Mending revisited (practical and decorative techniques)</li><li>Project ideas and resources that help towards making a more sustainable textile practice</li></ul> <p>Richly illustrated throughout, and showcasing work from the best textile artists who work in this way, this is a truly inspirational book for those looking to reconnect with their craft and to find a new way of working.</p>
Hardback | 128 pages | Published September 2015
