Your enjoyment is infectious Marion, and you’re a natural teacher. The most important thing for me is to find what engrosses you and not to worry about what others think. You have got me completely hooked on slow stitching and embroidery after probably 40 years of not doing any (I’m 70!). You have no idea how much pleasure and relaxation it’s brought into my life. Thank you ❤
“Whenever we create something, we always put parts of ourselves into it". Thank you so very much, Dear Marion, this is actually combined mindfulness concept - slow stitching with embroidery - sort of mindfulness-based sewing & art therapy😊🥰 🪡🧵🖼☀️💐🌸🙏 Thank you for letting us to be there, in a wonderful Marion's World.
I totally agree with what you said, that you can do what makes you happy in sewing/stiching, and that there should not be a hierarchy. I have a new found joy in the more “loose” techniques in sewing, compared to the embroidery (mainly cross stich) I did years ago - and that makes me so, so happy. I really don’t care if other people think it is strange or not worth doing. I couldn’t care less, and maybe it is my age, that makes me think that now. I can do what I like, and I really enjoy trying put new techniques new approaches to needle, thread and fabrics🌻🌷🌺🫶🏻🥰
That's it exactly. I don't know where this notion came from of something better than another... It's all worthwhile, whatever stage you're at and whatever it is that you're doing. If you're enjoying it... that's the whole point!
Hi Marion I love the way you freeform with your needlework using all different stitches. You have a real talent and thank you for sharing your passion. There will always be people who only know one way of working on projects and that is okay for them but there is not just one way of using thread and needle. New skills happen because people try different ideas. You have a real following now and I so enjoy your videos each time you post one. Thank you =-).
This is a marriage of perfect genetics - informed creativity. Thank you, Marion. Using a background of random slow stitches is a happy place for planting natures gifts. You seem to never say 'never', instead, just ask "what if?"
I had the same thought, which you said at the end. That whilst doing the embroidery, you were still in the slowstitch mindset. Thank you so much for this wonderful video ❤
Dear Marion, everything you show us is so lovely ❤! I'm so pleased to have found your channel, and I am trying to follow all of it 😂. For so long I've been satisfied with stem stitch embroidery, and haven't even tried anything else. But you have opened a door for me and shown how amazing embroidery can be with all the lovely stitches. You are a fabulous tutor, and I'm so thrilled to have your patient instructions in this format ❤. I've learned a bit of eco dying, so swatches of natural dyed cotton is my background for this page. I'm excited to add the white stitching on top. With your instructions and example it will be very pleasing to me, I'm sure. Thank you ❤❤❤
Beautiful stitching Marion. I have been stitching all day and just sat down for the evening to watch some channels and you've made me get up and get a piece of cloth and needle again !!!xxx
I love this Marion ❤ I agree all stitching is wonderful and worth doing. I use all types like you and love them all. That is one of the reasons you are so Fabulous...the variety. ❤ I love the sample inspired by the Slow Stitch book. All of them❤❤❤❤
Thank you Marion for another lovely relaxing stitching session. I recently tried detached picot stitch for the first time the other week and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was. I love what you said about different types of stitching and how one is no better than another. Pulling thread through fabric is wonderful however it's done. Looking forward to seeing how you finish this page ❤ xxx
Aww I loved this Marion. Gosh I’ve been doing the detached leaf and didn’t know what it was called how fun. Thank you for showing us your earlier pieces so very pretty. Aww can’t wait to see what you start creating next month for your lovely book.
I’ve just had a go at slow stitching , tore up an old cotton pillow case and made it into strips , found some scraps of fabric I’m now about halfway through a 2 foot strip . It is relaxing have no idea what I will do with it but I have to say it feels nice to handle and is very relaxing . I’ve always wondered how you make a detached flower now I know thank you
I‘ve been thinking about making a skirt out of bits of old jeans, stitched together in a kind of boro style slow stitching, or maybe in sashiko. And now you come along with these white and cream flowers, and I‘m like: This would be perfect for my skirt idea! Thank you for the inspiration!
Hi Marion. What you said here, at the start of the video, makes me want to react too. When I was at school embroidery was not really interesting. But after highschool (about 1975) I went to education to become a teacher in fiber arts. What was taught there was much more free-form and artistic. Some of the teachers were professional artists who made works of art using textiles (applique, free weaving, macramé, etc.). I think the only difference with 'slowstitching' was that it was about the end result. Because I never became a professional artist, nor a teacher, designing and making something with yarns/fibers/fabrics for me became something I did with pleasure, to enjoy myself in my spare time. And imo that's exactly what slowstitching is about. So I can call myself a slowstitcher ... 🙂
Hello Marion, I am learning so much watching you, also revisiting my own long forgotten embroideries. I must admit I’m really enjoying doing these very old unfinished projects. I only discovered you this summer, but I’ve watched quite a lot of your wonderful work now. I have also been enjoying trying your recipes too, yum yum. Thank you so much. ❤
Do you think you will ever use up all that tangle of threads Marion? I’d love a mending video. Darning wool fabrics and invisible mending of holes and tears would be very useful. These slow stitching panels are very like mood boards and memory boards. They are very abstract but quite fascinating. They are totally different from traditional embroidery. Not as organised, more spur of the moment, go as you please sewing. Very tactile and innovative. I’m with you on this one Marion. It doesn’t matter what you create, as long as you enjoy doing it. Thank you for passing on your knowledge and skills xx
Its nice to see these stitches coming together. At Sunday school we only ever got to do satin stitch and a couple of running stitches so I'm late coming to proper embroidery. I did acquire an instruction-less Japanese embroidery kit during That Time and was chuffed that I could complete it just by working it out from the diagrams. Your flower stitching was amongst the stitches used. This is so encouraging to me as I find joy in doing this kind of thing - a complete opposite to the dullness of cross-stitch which I find interminable.
I absolutely loved this. I have been experimenting with something similar and really enjoying it. The detached picots are one of my favourite things to do as they are so versatile. Thank you.
Detached Picot is one of my favarite stitches, have a denim skirt i started off patching ended up with 3 detached picot flowers and other stitches, no thought to it, a very intuitive way of embroidering. All because i didn't like the patches.
What’s nice about slow stitching is for some who have limited eyesight can still enjoy hand work. Really like your recent project. Just wondering about your embroidery on your coat. I’m wondering if I missed seeing that part. Thank you Marion. You are a joy.
Love your stitchin! Will you be doing a new sew-along starting next year? I’d love to join in so was just curious if maybe you’ll let us know in advance so we can gather supplies?
@@marionsworld24 Thanks you. I found an old table cloth last week to use, but it’s so hard to make the first cut! I should just go for it, particularly as I don’t have a table of the same size to put it on 😂
I think that the hierarchy of crafts and methods is really just a confusion of purpose - the craft serves the crafter or the crafter serves the craft. When you serve the craft is the only time where it is important to do things “the right way.” It is more for keeping the old knowledge alive, I think.
Your enjoyment is infectious Marion, and you’re a natural teacher. The most important thing for me is to find what engrosses you and not to worry about what others think. You have got me completely hooked on slow stitching and embroidery after probably 40 years of not doing any (I’m 70!). You have no idea how much pleasure and relaxation it’s brought into my life. Thank you ❤
In this scattered time it is such a joy to watch & learn in such a lovely community.😊
Stunning work!!! I love the interaction of slow stitching with the traditional !!! One of your best works, Marion!! Excellent!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
“Whenever we create something, we always put parts of ourselves into it". Thank you so very much, Dear Marion, this is actually combined mindfulness concept - slow stitching with embroidery - sort of mindfulness-based sewing & art therapy😊🥰 🪡🧵🖼☀️💐🌸🙏 Thank you for letting us to be there, in a wonderful Marion's World.
I’ve been trying to learn embroidery for years. It’s only after watching you that I am actually learning lots of new stitches! Thank you so much x
I totally agree with what you said, that you can do what makes you happy in sewing/stiching, and that there should not be a hierarchy. I have a new found joy in the more “loose” techniques in sewing, compared to the embroidery (mainly cross stich) I did years ago - and that makes me so, so happy. I really don’t care if other people think it is strange or not worth doing. I couldn’t care less, and maybe it is my age, that makes me think that now. I can do what I like, and I really enjoy trying put new techniques new approaches to needle, thread and fabrics🌻🌷🌺🫶🏻🥰
That's it exactly. I don't know where this notion came from of something better than another... It's all worthwhile, whatever stage you're at and whatever it is that you're doing. If you're enjoying it... that's the whole point!
I love the combination of traditional embroidery and slow stitching. 😊 That will help me take my slow stitching to the next level.
Hi Marion I love the way you freeform with your needlework using all different stitches. You have a real talent and thank you for sharing your passion. There will always be people who only know one way of working on projects and that is okay for them but there is not just one way of using thread and needle. New skills happen because people try different ideas. You have a real following now and I so enjoy your videos each time you post one. Thank you =-).
This is a marriage of perfect genetics - informed creativity. Thank you, Marion. Using a background of random slow stitches is a happy place for planting natures gifts. You seem to never say 'never', instead, just ask "what if?"
Yeah, I like the 'whatifism'!
I had the same thought, which you said at the end. That whilst doing the embroidery, you were still in the slowstitch mindset. Thank you so much for this wonderful video ❤
Thank you for all the stitches Marion your page is looking stunningly beautiful ❤
Dear Marion, everything you show us is so lovely ❤! I'm so pleased to have found your channel, and I am trying to follow all of it 😂.
For so long I've been satisfied with stem stitch embroidery, and haven't even tried anything else. But you have opened a door for me and shown how amazing embroidery can be with all the lovely stitches. You are a fabulous tutor, and I'm so thrilled to have your patient instructions in this format ❤.
I've learned a bit of eco dying, so swatches of natural dyed cotton is my background for this page. I'm excited to add the white stitching on top. With your instructions and example it will be very pleasing to me, I'm sure. Thank you ❤❤❤
Your video's are always so enjoyable Marion, I really look forward to them. 🥰 Thank you.
This looks like a winter wonder land it's beautiful, what a lovely way to make gifts 🎁
Beautiful stitching Marion. I have been stitching all day and just sat down for the evening to watch some channels and you've made me get up and get a piece of cloth and needle again !!!xxx
I am nearly giddy with excitement to watch you do this ❤❤❤
So beautiful and so easy it’s relaxing, I’m gonna stitch tomorow. Thank you for a lovely video.
Marion, you are a kindred soul ❤
I love this Marion ❤ I agree all stitching is wonderful and worth doing. I use all types like you and love them all. That is one of the reasons you are so Fabulous...the variety. ❤ I love the sample inspired by the Slow Stitch book. All of them❤❤❤❤
Thank you Marion, your piece is absolutely lovely
So inspirational! ❤ Thank you for sharing your beautiful work wth us Marion 😘❤
Marion this is beautiful. I like slow stitching and the embroidery you have sewn on top is achievable for me
Thank you Marion.
I am “sticking along” with you!
Hi Marion, I love this page👍🧡💐
Thank you Marion for another lovely relaxing stitching session. I recently tried detached picot stitch for the first time the other week and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was. I love what you said about different types of stitching and how one is no better than another. Pulling thread through fabric is wonderful however it's done. Looking forward to seeing how you finish this page ❤ xxx
Love the look of this project. And am enjoying learning new stitches. 💖💖💖
This is so enjoyable. Oh, yes, I’d love a mending video also hemming, sewing on button, and sewing on snaps.
Aww I loved this Marion. Gosh I’ve been doing the detached leaf and didn’t know what it was called how fun. Thank you for showing us your earlier pieces so very pretty. Aww can’t wait to see what you start creating next month for your lovely book.
I’ve just had a go at slow stitching , tore up an old cotton pillow case and made it into strips , found some scraps of fabric I’m now about halfway through a 2 foot strip . It is relaxing have no idea what I will do with it but I have to say it feels nice to handle and is very relaxing . I’ve always wondered how you make a detached flower now I know thank you
Love your beautiful work x
I‘ve been thinking about making a skirt out of bits of old jeans, stitched together in a kind of boro style slow stitching, or maybe in sashiko. And now you come along with these white and cream flowers, and I‘m like: This would be perfect for my skirt idea! Thank you for the inspiration!
Hi Marion. What you said here, at the start of the video, makes me want to react too. When I was at school embroidery was not really interesting. But after highschool (about 1975) I went to education to become a teacher in fiber arts. What was taught there was much more free-form and artistic. Some of the teachers were professional artists who made works of art using textiles (applique, free weaving, macramé, etc.). I think the only difference with 'slowstitching' was that it was about the end result. Because I never became a professional artist, nor a teacher, designing and making something with yarns/fibers/fabrics for me became something I did with pleasure, to enjoy myself in my spare time. And imo that's exactly what slowstitching is about. So I can call myself a slowstitcher ... 🙂
Bonitas puntadas y ver como te dejas llevar por tu intuición y creación es muy inspirador, ¡por fin ha llovido en mi pueblo!, un abrazo y gracias
Hello Marion, I am learning so much watching you, also revisiting my own long forgotten embroideries. I must admit I’m really enjoying doing these very old unfinished projects. I only discovered you this summer, but I’ve watched quite a lot of your wonderful work now. I have also been enjoying trying your recipes too, yum yum. Thank you so much. ❤
Wonderful Fiona. Thank you for watching. It's lovely to get those UFO's into the finished pile!
Beautiful work!❤
Do you think you will ever use up all that tangle of threads Marion?
I’d love a mending video. Darning wool fabrics and invisible mending of holes and tears would be very useful.
These slow stitching panels are very like mood boards and memory boards. They are very abstract but quite fascinating. They are totally different from traditional embroidery. Not as organised, more spur of the moment, go as you please sewing. Very tactile and innovative. I’m with you on this one Marion. It doesn’t matter what you create, as long as you enjoy doing it. Thank you for passing on your knowledge and skills xx
I love this! Great background and lovely stitching. Anther winner! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Betty..
This is fun!!! I’m enjoying doing this page with you! Thank You Marion💐🧵🪡🧶
Its nice to see these stitches coming together. At Sunday school we only ever got to do satin stitch and a couple of running stitches so I'm late coming to proper embroidery. I did acquire an instruction-less Japanese embroidery kit during That Time and was chuffed that I could complete it just by working it out from the diagrams. Your flower stitching was amongst the stitches used. This is so encouraging to me as I find joy in doing this kind of thing - a complete opposite to the dullness of cross-stitch which I find interminable.
I absolutely loved this. I have been experimenting with something similar and really enjoying it. The detached picots are one of my favourite things to do as they are so versatile. Thank you.
They're lovely. I've done a tutorial on them for Friday. So it's in a clearer video.
3:40 many blessings Marion
Beautiful again Marion, I'm desperately trying to finish a project so that I can catch up with you ❤
Detached Picot is one of my favarite stitches, have a denim skirt i started off patching ended up with 3 detached picot flowers and other stitches, no thought to it, a very intuitive way of embroidering. All because i didn't like the patches.
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What’s nice about slow stitching is for some who have limited eyesight can still enjoy hand work. Really like your recent project. Just wondering about your embroidery on your coat. I’m wondering if I missed seeing that part. Thank you Marion. You are a joy.
I just did this last week ☺️ruclips.net/video/1S6uduHY56A/видео.htmlsi=XfwrmtBm6Puo_egB
lovely Marion, Yes! enjoying following, but I have to say, my looks strange. Ha Ha
as always I love you podcast I learn so much thank you please do Manding (sock) thank you .
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Love your stitchin! Will you be doing a new sew-along starting next year? I’d love to join in so was just curious if maybe you’ll let us know in advance so we can gather supplies?
Beautiful, as usual 😊 What do you use as your background pieces?
I'm using a thrifted tablecloth as the backing fabric. Other than that they're just scraps of clothing fabric and old cotton.
@@marionsworld24 Thanks you. I found an old table cloth last week to use, but it’s so hard to make the first cut! I should just go for it, particularly as I don’t have a table of the same size to put it on 😂
You do sewing to suit yourself. People who criticise maybe don't really do it themselves. It's a creative art form. Do what you want.
Absolutely!
I think that the hierarchy of crafts and methods is really just a confusion of purpose - the craft serves the crafter or the crafter serves the craft. When you serve the craft is the only time where it is important to do things “the right way.” It is more for keeping the old knowledge alive, I think.
And it was to keep some people from flourishing. Guilds were pretty self serving
Yes, the techniques need to be kept going so we don't lose the knowledge and expertise. But hopefully there is still enjoyment there too.
@@marionsworld24 some of us creative types don’t follow rules very well lol
We follow are own creative rules@@ThomiBMcIntyre
Mine looks strange Ha ha
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