Needle-turn applique is my first love, but when you are trying to create quick samples, to demonstrate alternative colour combinations, then nothing beats the speedy method of fusible, raw-edge machine applique.
The past week and a half has been extremely stressful at our house, with a situation arising that none of us expected. It has now been resolved, and the outcome is pretty good, but it was a roller coaster that we would have preferred not to be on. Sewing around pretty shapes has been a therapy that was particularly calming, and just what I needed when I was too caught up in the “what-ifs” in my head.
What craft technique is your therapy of choice?
Stuffing! I love stuffing…. No really.
I get it.
I save that job for evenings in front of the telly, or outsource some of it to the eldest child
I’m with Jodie. Stuffing is very therapeutic and nice and mindless, but having to take care.
It also gives you that moment when your thing starts to actually look like the thing it is meant to be.
Knitting is my therapeutic craft . I don’t knit much so perhaps my stress levels aren’t high enough…..
Hand sewing too, is relaxing. Applique would be low on my list, I’m terrible at it.
Yes, knitting is pretty relaxing, as long as I don’t drop a stitch, because I am pretty terrible at recovering it. I am not the worlds most exciting knitter, but enjoy making scarves and hand-warmers.