~ the slowest stitching ~

Good morning friends and folk!

Happy Friday to us all….

The rain, the heat and the humidity lately

have me holed up indoors, which I’m not fond of.

i would much rather be outside enjoying the birdsong, bees-song and garden!

I have been super focused on creating my new patterns for 

Halloween and Autumn ~ 

{punch needle, cross stitch and of course embroidery}

And also finished goods for our

Halloween Open House and Stitch In

Here at the farm on Saturday October 7th

~ that I really just need to create something to soothe my soul.

So, I dug through my scrap piles, found some stained osnaburg and just started stitching…

no plan, no pattern ~ no thinking about the design at all.

~ slow stitching my way to serenity ~

the Slow Stitch movement has been around for a while…

and many of you do practice this freeing form of thread-therapy,

{which is what I like to call it}

Basic embroidery stitches, happy thread colors and my favorite bent needle

will accompany me on this cloth journey.

i have added some running stitch, straight stitch, French knots ~

And of course a sprinkling of wonky cross stitches for good measure…

where will this project lead me?

i cannot be sure, but it helps de-clutter my brain after a full day of office work, computer work

or any other kind of work…yes, even a day full of stitching models can stress me, 

and yes, an evening of slow stitching/thread therapy can and will ground me.

does that even make sense? Lol

The only pre-thought I have about this project is that

I intend to finish it into a pillow…and keep it on my stitching chair

where I can see it, feel it and use it to rest ~

as a reminder for me to just slow down and enjoy my processes.

On my sidebar, there are links to various blogs where you can see more slow stitching,

….a more organic way of using our needles and thread.

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori