Sashiko Stitching with Liz Cooke
Workshop for learning the technique of Sashiko Stitching.
Sashiko means “small stabs” and is a Japanese sewing technique that uses an even running stitch to create practical and decorative patterns. It is very effective for visibly mending jeans, denim jackets, heavyweight shirts and trousers. Creating samplers can be a very relaxing and mindful activity in itself.
In this workshop you will learn the basic technique, look at the tools used, draw up your own grids and learn some of the different sashiko stitches
What tools and equipment do I need?
- Once we have practiced these participants can learn how to use this technique in mending by either bringing along jeans/jackets that need mending, or practicing on some prepared “mend” samples.
This workshop is suitable for all abilities.
Suitable for all, 18yrs +
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Liz Cooke
Liz Cooke is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, predominantly working with textiles, and is best known for her large scale festival flags.
Her work is inspired by her meditation practice, and she invests her pieces with prayer and blessing through focussed intention and ceremony, inviting collaboration with the unseen and more-than-human worlds.
Liz’s recent practice involves looking deeply at the web of relationships in which all life is entangled, and thinking about repair of this web in all forms, physical, social and spiritual. She is concerned with sustainable textile practice and is exploring the power of hand stitching as a form of medicine, both for individual and the collective
Liz has delivered workshops in various creative subjects in schools, colleges and festivals over the last 30 years.
Nothing makes her happier than dreaming of a world where all life is held as sacred and all beings have what they need to be safe and at ease.