Slow stitch bird with simple textural stitching

Very excited by the Roxy’s Journal of Stitchery prompt for the month of June which is to create a slow stitch vessel or bowl.

The version I’m going to share with you is very easy to make from little scraps of fabric on a felt or blanket base, and to decorate with simple slow stitching stitches.

My piece is inspired by a poem by the incredible Mary Walker titled Wild Fruit. Please check out Mary Walker’s website and instagram:
https://www.marywalker.co.nz
https://www.instagram.com/mary_walker...

In this episode I will show you how you can use thread to slow stitch and thread paint a bird with incredible textures, as part of the panel inspired by the third stanza of the poem.

Here’s a link to my playlist with my different slow stitch vessels for Roxy’s Journal of Stitchery:
   • Roxy’s Journal of Stitchery #roxysjou...  

Here’s a link to the first episode of this project: Slow stitch vessel with scraps pt 1 easy tutorial #Roxysjournalofstitchery #slowstitch #fabricscraps
   • Slow stitch vessel with scraps pt 1 e...  


Here’s a link to the 2nd episode of this project:

Slow stitch fabric vessel part 2 #Roxysjournalofstitchery #slowstitch scrap container #storage
   • Slow stitch fabric vessel part 2 #Rox...  

Here’s a link to the third episode of this series:

Slow stitch fabric vessel part 3 #Roxysjournalofstitchery #slowstitch #scrapideas #slowstitching
   • Slow stitch fabric vessel part 3 #Rox...  

With thanks to Rachel ​​⁠ ‪@roxycreations679‬ ​⁠​⁠ and Sarah ​⁠​⁠​⁠ ‪@roxycreationsbysarah‬ ​⁠ for yet another wonderful project!

With thanks too to Annie Claxton ​⁠​⁠​⁠ ‪@artyfartyannie‬ ​⁠ who got me started on this fabric panel as part of her Colour inspirations project earlier this year.

I hope you enjoy following along with this idea and tutorial to make an easy slow stitch container or vessel using scraps of fabric. And maybe you want to take a poem or piece of writing as inspiration too!

Here’s a link to another slow stitch fabric container - this time a bowl made from pentagons:

Fabric pentagon bowl - Roxy’s Journal of Stitchery #slowstitch #epp #Roxysjournalofstitchery #sewing
   • Fabric pentagon bowl - Roxy’s Journal...  

And the start of a larger hexagon bowl complete with story time:

Big slow stitch flower bowl for #Roxysjournalofstitchery Snugglepot & Cuddlepie inspired #slowstitch
   • Pt1: Big slow stitch flower bowl for ...  

Here’s a link to a beautiful Stitchery swap square I received from Arty Farty Annie which features a slow stitch bird:

Beautiful slow stitch bird, flower and foliage #stitcheryswap square from Annie @artyfartyannie
   • Beautiful slow stitch bird, flower an...  

Cheers,
Christine

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