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New Year, New Quilting Resolutions

January 29, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

Resolutions are important, but remember to be mindful in what you are doing. Be present in everything you do. Love what you are doing and only do what you love. Many quilters promise to finish our projects each year, or maybe to learn a new skill or technique and of course we always strive to … [Read more…]

Posted in: New Year New Quilting Resolutions, Planner, Resolutions Tagged: Beneath, Beneaththestitches, blog, Complete, Course, creative, Finish, Inspirations, Intentions, Motivation, New, New Year, planner, Projects, Promise, quilting, Resolutions, Skill, skills, Stitches, Strive, Technique, tools, Year

Not Having Children is Okay

December 11, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

This is a stray away from my usual post please bear with me. I felt it needed to be written about at this time of the year and I think it is food for thought for all of us with or without children. Women don’t have children for many reasons, and they are none of your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Children, Not Having Children is Okay Tagged: children, not a usual post

Fabric Selection Help

December 9, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

  As a newbie quilter, fabric selection can be scary and fun. You don’t want to get the colours or amounts wrong because of the costs involved. But walking into a fabric store is so lovely – beautiful colours, prints and textures all so inspiring. I love running my hands over all the fabrics. There … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fabric Selection Help Tagged: creative, Fabric love, patchwork, skills

Meditation and Creation

September 2, 2016 by beneaththestitches 2 Comments

  There is no shortage of resources in the world of sewing today; we have it covered well, from techniques, resources, and tools, to inspiration and endless, amazing role models. How lucky for us to be living in a world where we have such fast access to all of the above. Yet, that’s all on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative, creative process, Dopamine and Creativity, Making Time, Meditation and Creation Tagged: creative, creative process, dopamine

English Paper Piecing – Slowing sewing

August 30, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

  Everything seems to be go go go. It is so fast-paced there is something to be said for the “slow movement”. One of my favourite ways to slow down and take a breath is the sewing technique of English paper piecing (EPP). Traditionally EPP was just hexagons into flowers, but it is so much … [Read more…]

Posted in: English Paper Piecing, English Paper Piecing Slowing sewing Tagged: EPP

I love William Morris’ Designs

August 14, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

  I just recently discovered William Morris. I finished a needlepoint for my mum that she had started many years ago (the trellis design) and I fell in love. So I started to look into where this design came from. I think that Morris still influences many designers and artists to this day. He was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Inspiration, Needlepoint Tagged: inspiration, love, needlepoint, william morris

Dopamine and Creativity

July 15, 2016 by beneaththestitches 1 Comment

I believe we can be mindful about what our brains are doing, and change our behaviour to channel the dopamine response in the right direction. For me, that direction is creativity. I started to research creativity and ways to improve it and dopamine just kept coming up. Then other links and pathways. So a little … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative, creative process, Dopamine and Creativity, Letting Go Tagged: creative, creative process, dopamine

Creative Process

July 11, 2016 by beneaththestitches 1 Comment

Many people say I wish I was creative…. What separates people who feel creative to those who feel that they are not creative at all? Really it is that belief that you are creative. The belief that you can and you will. But what does it mean to be creative? Creativity is the combination of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative, creative process, Giving yourself permission, Letting Go Tagged: creative, creative process, happy

Making Time

June 26, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

Simplifying my life – Getting more time and space to be creative I love being creative because when I think of a new idea it is a rush. I get a sense of satisfaction and happiness. To put ideas together that just work perfectly especially when it all turns out the way I picture it. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative, Giving yourself permission, Making Time, Sunday planning Tagged: creative, happy, lists, planner

Not just a nurse

May 30, 2016 by beneaththestitches 2 Comments

  I am writing this piece as another international nurse week comes to a close. It is a Beneath the Stitches but in a different way. Beneath my day job as a perioperative nurse, and no not just a nurse but a nurse with many years of training and many skills. So I thought something … [Read more…]

Posted in: My life, Nursing Tagged: Caring, Job, Nurse, Nursing, Training
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