Connecting through Slow Stitching by Lisa Binkley Back in my teens and early 20s I had sincere and romantic notions about a hand-made life. I excitedly awaited my post-college days and the joys of creating everything from baskets and candles to rugs, quilts, and fresh hot bread all by hand and on a regular basis. […]

Any Creative Dream Can Be Yours if You Just Believe and Move Forward — If Only a Little at a Time. by Lorri Lee Chambers I have followed the path of Mr. Mark [Mark Lipinski] for a while and checked out his Slow Stitching Movement website and the Facebook page ( loved the story about the old man knitting […]

An Injury Lead Me to Slow Stitching  by David Martinez I am a disabled Marine Corps veteran. The Marine Corps places a lot of importance on optimal physical condition and ability, so it can be a real blow to one’s self-esteem to become disabled as a result of military life. Both my physical issues and […]

How Slow Stitching Makes me a Better Parent By Cheryl Arkison I often say that having my first daughter allowed me to be who I really am. Yes, she made me a mother. But she also made me realize that to be the best mother, the best role model to her, I had to be […]

Healing Stitch Meditations In Search of Nirvana? By Liz Kettle My transition from speed stitching to slow stitching wasn’t as much a single conscious decision as it was a series of tiny intuitive hits that pushed me toward what has become my Stitch Meditations. It all started just after my first book, Fabric Embellishing: the Basics and […]