Description
Description
Instructor – Patti King
Saturday February 4, 2023
Cost 125.00
Class maximum – 12
Class minimum – 5
All supplies included plus Homemade Pie and beverages
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – bring your lunch
Experience the meditative quality of hand stitching – the quiet, repetitive in and out of the threaded needle as you join two pieces of cloth. You may find that this sewing practice satisfies your need for calm, for working with color and pattern, for concentrating on process and not product: the perfect activity to focus the mind and delight the eye.
In this one-day class you will learn the history of this ancient craft as well as the Korean technique of patchwork as you make a small sachet using traditional fabrics – hemp, ramie, cotton and silk organza.
No experience necessary. All materials provided. Bring a lunch and a pair of scissors for cutting fabric if you have them.
Prior students are encouraged to come – for inspiration, cool fabrics, and instruction in new stitch techniques.
Patti has 3 main concepts she wants students to take away from the class.
Honoring the Cloth – recognizing the labor and resources that goes into the growing, weaving, and dying of any cloth which makes it more likely to see the value in using each small piece in some way.
Imbedding love and good luck in each stitch – pieces done for gifts or done as repairs to household items can carry your intentions in each stitch.
The Centering Power of Hand Stitching – This is the most important concept in our fast paced digital world, to have a meditative practice which is also creative, resulting in lovely gifts for yourself and others.
This is an example of a very complex bojagi, so as you can see you can create larger pieces that resemble stained glass – we will be making much smaller pieces.
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