Gathered Roses
Next flower in the slow stitching series is a version of a gathered fabric rose.
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Sharon Prigan
Mar 21 min read
Gathered Flowers
I created a selection of fabric flowers, hand stitched only, for my winter slow stitch piece. Here is the first flower tutorial
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Sharon Prigan
Feb 191 min read
Winter Slow Stitched Garden 1
As usual I am working on a number of projects at the same time. I have been trying to focus and not do that.
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Sharon Prigan
Feb 71 min read
Winter
The first season in the slow stitching course is winter. All my seasons have all the colors of the rainbow in them. Different hues and...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 311 min read
From Rags to Roses
I am still working on my slow stitching course. Its amazing, I haven't bought fabric or threads for years and everytime that I begin a...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 271 min read
Slow Stitching Seasons
Those floral fringed bags that I have been creating and using and gifting have not gone unnoticed. I wore my burgundy autumn colored bag...
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Sharon Prigan
Sep 11, 20211 min read
My Sunflowers
I had a hard time starting this project. I jus don't connect with yellow. The challenge was to create a sunflower from upcycled and...
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Sharon Prigan
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Werecreate Sunflower Challenge
Carol Kinney asked us in the Werecreate group what would we all think about doing a fun "re" challenge for our our upcoming ISSUU...
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Sharon Prigan
Aug 4, 20212 min read
Just leave them be
After teaching for many years I have come to the conclusion that we are all artists and creators by nature. That is until the system...
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Sharon Prigan
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Slow Stitching Saturday
Every week should have a day of rest. Our designated one is Saturday, I don't always strictly keep to it but I do find that there is an...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Embroidery and Embellishments 6
Today I also taught how to do feather stitch. It is very similar to the fly stitch and one can create beautiful floral stems with this...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Embroidery and Embellishments 5
Today I taught how to make a fly stitch. I actually call it a bird stitch because one can create tiny birds flying over a landscape with...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 20, 20211 min read
Embroidery and Embellishments 4
Today's zoom lesson was on how to do reverse applique. Mark on one of the pages of the embroidery booklet, various shapes. They can be...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 15, 20211 min read
Embroidery and Embellishments 3
I am making short videos showing how to create various fabric embellishments. The first one is how to create a fabric yoyo. And the...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 13, 20211 min read
Embroidery and Embellishments 2
In the zoom class today students learned how to embroider xs chain stitch and french knots. Using those stitches together can create...
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Sharon Prigan
Jan 12, 20211 min read
Embroidery and Embellishments 1
Tomorrow evening I will be giving a zoom class on embroidery. Slow stitching as students will have to use what they have on hand. The...
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Sharon Prigan
Aug 8, 20202 min read
Embroidery
This year students have asked to learn more embroidery techniques. We taught the basics last year and the students created an embroidered...
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Sharon Prigan
Jul 26, 20193 min read
Teaching Slow Stitching
Last week I had a large group of students in the summer sewing classes. When that happens I divide them into 2 groups, each one with...
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Sharon Prigan
Feb 5, 20171 min read
Yoyos and Suffolk Puffs
The ruched fabric rosette is known as a yo-yo in North America and a Suffolk Puff in the British Isles. Here is a link to the story of...
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