in the company of stitches

Tag: hand stitching

  • 1,000 stitches of comfort: Senninbari, a reimagining

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    “When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them”. ~Andrew Solomon We’re going to travel to a destination in this post: Japan. About 4 years ago, while researching different stitching practices…

  • Hand stitching: a grounding practice

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    In this post: What is a “grounding practice”? Self-soothing in stitches “Busy hands, calm minds”: repetitive motion Create a grounding stitch practice and challenges What exactly is a grounding practice? Basically, it’s an activity or technique that anchors you in the now, the present moment, when you are spinning, feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed. disconnected or…