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Be Curious - Stitch Memory Journal
- Notice What You Like - Part 1 and 2
- Draw a Scene
- Draw a Leaf or Flower
- Take A Minute
- Taking Rubbings
- Stitch Memory Journal
- All you need to know about this activity
- EXERCISE 1 - Step 1: Choose a stitch
- Step 2 and 3
- Example of a Stitch Memory:
- Stitch Memory Journal Exercise 1 Examples
- What next?
- EXERCISE 2: Shapes with patterns and textures
- Step 2 and 3:
- Example of a Stitch Memory that records shapes with patterns and texture:
- Stitch Journal Exercise 2 Examples
- What next?
- EXERCISE 3: Combining 2 or more stitches with applique
- Step 2 and 3
- Example of multiple stitches and appliqué memory:
- What next?
- Draw an Object
- Wellbeing Art Tour - Discover Manchester Art Gallery
- Visiting an Art Gallery
"Trying to interpret the world around me in just a few stitches was fascinating and quite challenging in ways I didn't expect. Doing the 'Stitch Memory Journal' made me feel inventive, stretched, creative and satisfied all in one."
A Stitch a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Exercise 3: Combining 2 or more stitches with applique
"At the end of the week, when I had several stitch samples to look at, I couldn't stop myself going through them over and over, admiring them and feeling delighted with my achievement!"
Every day for 5 days:
Step 1: Up the challenge
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Now you’ve had a go at stitches and appliqué and have become adept at spotting interesting shapes, patterns and textures, you can try this exercise the other way around. Instead of thinking of a stitch and then going out to look for things that match it, try going out and looking for eye-catching details you want to record (e.g. rain drops on a leaf)
